Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

begob Corporate salesman makes himself sick with the product he's selling, and tries to take control.Cronenberg. Lynch. Gilliam. They're all in there, but it's treacle slow and I didn't get a note of humour. The lead actor is frustratingly dull, and should be discouraged from these roles in future - he's obviously talented and could be much more interesting.The pace is poor, I kept looking at the time. Music didn't bring me in. Editing good, but too many longeurs. Damn you, Quebec.I'm on board with the satire, but it did not give me a warm feeling. Sadly, the pessimism is probably spot on. The final note was restrained Cronenberg.Overall, interesting but dull-making.

SnoopyStyle Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) works for Lucas Clinic which buys viruses from celebrities to be injected into obsessed fans who are willing to pay. They have exclusive rights to celebrity Hannah Geist (Sarah Gadon) which is very popular. Then he harvests and injects the Geist sample into himself. Others like celebrity butcher Arvid replicates celebrity cells and sells them as meat. Hannah Geist dies and Syd starts to get sicker.This is a great idea for an original indie. The script needs a few more passes to elevate the tension and add some thrills. The idea seems to be all there is in this movie. It's not particularly exciting. It also needs a section at the beginning to do an exposition on what the products are about, the science behind it and the legal ramifications. Brandon Cronenberg should have made a fake TV ad for the product. It's also probably important to bring in the law early to explain the legal world these products exist in. I love the machine that he gets hooked up to. It's definitely has the Cronenberg style. However the movie lacks any energy. It's creepy but not much more than that. I like the weird creepiness. I'm just waiting for Brandon to take it to the next level.

Dan Franzen (dfranzen70) In the future, companies make bank by injecting people with the viruses contracted by their most revered super-celebrities, in a twisted effort to become closer to their idols. A tech at one of these companies also smuggles the fresh virii out of his building by injecting himself; trouble arises when the celebrity unexpectedly dies, leaving the staffer little time to learn what went wrong before he suffers the same fate.Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) is that tech, Syd. He's got a pretty sweet gig, selling the virii he harvests to pirates who then alternately inject people with the virus (for a nice price) and grow the equivalent of steaks - really! - with the pathogens for their customers' dining pleasure. How does he do this? Volume! No, actually, what the company does is inject the virus into a machine that essentially copy protects the virus, making the virus proprietary. His company, the Lucas Clinic, is contracted to take blood from dying celeb Hannah Geist (Sarah Gadon), and Syd injects himself and quickly becomes disoriented, weak, and feverish. When Syd attempts to remove the copy protection by using his own machine, the console is destroyed.It is a story that shines a bright, infected light on society's devotion to all things celebrity. How far would a superfan go to be a part of a famous person's life? Would they infect themselves with noncontagious herpes? Chew on a regrown kidney? You know something...I think they would, at least the more deranged and sociopathic fans. Such a connection is exponentially stronger than a simple autographed photo. You've not just been recognized by them; you are part of them.The director is one Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, and the son has the same predilection for the macabre as the father. The obsession with celebrities, all too apparent in real life, is shown to be pretty normal in the film's fictional universe, and yet the horror of playing with the fire of fast-spreading pathogens undercuts this seeming normalcy with an almost Jones' Syd pretends to be just another hustler, but he's really as demented as his customers (and clients). Jones plays Syd perfectly as a shady, somewhat-sullen man of little distinction; also noteworthy are Joe Pingue as Arvid (employee of the celebrity meat market), Wendy Crewson as the head of a rival pathogen company, and Malcolm McDowell, playing yet another doctor, this time with skin grafts from his favorite celebrity.Antiviral is a horror mystery, with buckets of blood and oodles of intrigue. It's a creepy allegory of man's lust for fame of any kind, viewed through a prism of late-1980s Canadian horror. It's a fine, engrossing film.

OJT As I've seen thousands if films, I love to see something completely different. This is! It's a sci-fi horror drama thriller with inspirations from lots of other films, still this story is quite different from anything also.Imagine taking the best visuals of films like A clockwork orange, Ametican Psycho, 1984, Sliver, One flew over the coo-coos nest, Sleepng beauty, Blade runner and The host, combined with the best white movies of Michael Haneke (Amour, Funny games, The white ribbon) early Cronenberg movies like eXistenZ, Crash, Dead ringers, Scanners, Videodrome and Shivers, as well as inspiration from some great zombie movies.This film ticks the following boxes: stylish, pretty, cold, bloody, disgusting, beautiful, sexy, horrifying, sadistic, unexpected, satirical, cynic, innovative... I could go on. I found it very interesting, and kept my interest all way through. Clearly inspired by dad David Cronenberg, Brandon Cronenberg will be a gold mine for Canadian film making, as his father have been. Being his debut film, this is more interesting than most debut films I've seen."- I hope that people will see this film and think that I'm a genius. And they'll be right to think that! Hahahaha". This is a quite from "Anathomy of a virus", the making of Antiviral featured on the newly real eased DVD/Blu-Ray. Well, isn't he just right about that!?!Yeah, it's sick, disgusting and full of insane ideas, but still it puts things in a cynical perspective. Based on an idea which very few would have come up with, this is not for the faint of heart. Still, it's not worse than we know from this genre.It's still far from perfect. I'd like it to be longer (!) and to have a more pointed ending. But it's still worth praise for being different and fresh. It's challenging in more ways than one. You could watch it over and over, getting new thoughts. And I must say I'm not sure what to get out of it. But the stunning visuals, the perfect sterile environment, combined with the dirty rotten elements of a sick future world is fascinating. The slow use of steady am is beautiful, and the film is made on a small budget, giving tremendous value for money.The script is fresh writing, like what Hollywood should kill for these days. I think the acting is astonishing, especially from Caleb Landry Jones, which is electric and balances between super sexy, scary and disgusting. I think this role is really going to establish him as a character actor. The acting also from Malcolm McDowell and the rest of the cast is first class.I find the idea of extreme celebrity obsession getting out of hand, do much that we will do anything to disease ourselves with viruses from their bodies, and eat flesh and meat cloned from our obsessions is both sick and scary. I find it's not far from what we could imagine if possible. Imagine if you could get anything you want, even parts if the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson or Neldon Mandela.Only for it's aesthetic, clinical, white, clean, sharp, and empty atmosphere the movie us astonishing, and combined with the filthy ideas and red and blackish blood and black suits which disgustingly enough makes the film quite sexy.It's also interesting that it is impossible to read into the film what's up next, but many will hate this for the same reasons I was fascinated. Not everyone will agree, and see beyond the gore and sick ideas. If you agree, you're in for a blast!