Virus [DVD]

Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku A film that describes the development of a deadly Virus weapons system by the USA Military during the height of the Cold War epoch during the early 1980's. A small group of multinational scientists stuck in the Antarctic learn to survive after a human engineered virus knocks out most of earth's population. The film begins in East Germany where a scientist has been bribed by American agents to provide a sample of the deadly virus developed by the East German government for a reward of 50,000 pounds. A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica, who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the planet from further destruction. Overall a good action post-apocalyptic film with fine performances from Glen Ford and Robert Vaughan as well as Olivia Hussey, Chuck Connors and George Kennedy.