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The plot itself is a disappointingly gory concatenation of two recently forgettable sci-fi thrillers; "Hardware" and "Event Horizon."
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The movie was postponed from 1998 and shielded from critics. (They were ot allowed to see the movie before the opening, usually a bid sign.) [15 January 1999, Life, p.8E]
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San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham
No one is likely to claim it's a great, or even good, movie, but it does offer some guilty pleasures.
25
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
95 minutes of unrelieved tedium.
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Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
An unpretentious, amusing thrill-a-minute sci-fi horror thriller / monster movie that plugs right into fears of a Y2K crisis.
30
The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
As long on adrenaline and special effects as it is short on genuine novelty and intellectual content.
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TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The script, based on a Dark Horse comic-book series, is hugely predictable, but the robot effects by veteran Phil Tippett are nastily entertaining.
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This suspense-free, originality-deprived mess will likely be a major contender for the title of 1999's worst film.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
"Deep Rising" was one of the worst movies of 1998. Virus is easily worse.