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 posterContamination2025 VS Virus posterVirus1999
ContaminationVirus
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.4/10
Year20251999
Length1h 47m1h 40m
GenresAction, Horror, Science FictionAction, Horror, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorDavid Heacock, Neil ChaseJohn Bruno
Main castElizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler SabourinDonald 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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