Contamination vs Virus
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.4/10 for Virus). Virus is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 47m. Virus is the older of the two (1999 against 2025). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Contamination | Virus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1999 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | David Heacock, Neil Chase | John Bruno |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin | Donald Sutherland, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cliff Curtis, William Baldwin, Marshall Bell |
Synopsis
Contamination
A top secret Alaskan lab goes dark due to an unexplained incident, prompting the military to send a black ops team to recover sensitive data and destroy the lab, only to find their ranks infected with a deadly alien virus.
Virus
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
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