VIRUS

Rated R

The film opens with the Russian space station Mir conducting a transmission with a research ship in the South Pacific, Akademik Vladislav Volkov. While the crew of both the space station and the ship converse, a large electrical storm from deep space strikes the Mir. The electrical surge hijacks the Mir's electronics and beams itself to Earth by entering the ship, disabling it in the process. The crew of Mir are apparently killed, while the large research vessel's crew suffer an unknown fate. Seven days later, during a typhoon, the tugboat Sea Star, captained by Irishman Robert Everton (Jason Beghe) last chance to get out of debt. Sea Star's crew, led by navigator and ex-Navy officer Kelly Foster (Kristen Stewart) and engineer-for-hire Steve Baker (Mena Massoud) discover the tug taking on water in its engine room; Foster suggests to Everton that they take refuge in the eye of the storm to make repairs. (as if any crew were surviving, his salvage would be worth much less than the $30 million he envisioned.) Everton orders Steve to go with fellow crewman, Squeaky (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Richie Mason (Tyler Perry) and restore power to the ship so that it can be moved. They do so, but almost immediately, the ship's anchor drops seemingly on its own, sinking the Sea Star with deckhand Hiko (Diego Luna) and first mate J.W. Woods, Jr. (James McAvoy) on board. Steve leaves Squeaky behind to guard the engine room but he is soon lured to his death by a strange, robotic,

Story added by moonlightbeast495 on May 7, 2024