Rakka vs Virus
Rakka has the higher audience score (7/10 against 5.4/10 for Virus). Rakka is the shorter watch at 22m compared with 1h 40m. Virus is the older of the two (1999 against 2017). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Rakka
Virus| Rakka | Virus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 5.4/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1999 |
| Length | 22m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Neill Blomkamp | John Bruno |
| Main cast | Brandon Auret, Sigourney Weaver, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Robert Hobbs, Carly Pope | Donald Sutherland, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cliff Curtis, William Baldwin, Marshall Bell |
Synopsis
Rakka
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
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.