VIRUS 1980 (TUBI)

Not too bad of a film.

A man made virus is set loose after a plane crash and this sets in motion the destruction of almost the entire human race.

This is the shorter version of the film that runs about 105 minutes while the longer version adds almost 50 minutes to the runtime. I wish I had the longer version, but you can't have everything.

Glenn Ford appears as the President Of The United States as he and his staff watch as the US slowly falls apart as well as the rest of the world. This is a US/Japanese co-production and was directed by the man who made The Green Slime, Kenji Fukasaku.

The virus, it is discovered, cannot survive in extreme cold, so various groups of people stationed in the arctic must try to find a way to save what's left of the human race.

The American actors in the cast consist of Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Henry Silva (in an excellent over the top part), Bo Svenson, Olivia Hussey and Chuck Conners, just to name a few.

The film moves along at a good pace and there are some good set pieces that will catch you off guard. I enjoyed this film and will indeed look for the longer version so I can compare the two.