Gantz vs Virus
Gantz has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.4/10 for Virus). Virus is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 10m. Virus is the older of the two (1999 against 2010). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gantz
Virus| Gantz | Virus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 5.4/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 1999 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shinsuke Sato | John Bruno |
| Main cast | Kanata Hongo, Kenichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya, Natsuna Watanabe, Ainosuke Shibata | Donald Sutherland, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cliff Curtis, William Baldwin, Marshall Bell |
Synopsis
Gantz
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
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.