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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 2 m

Summary IDC Agent Jon sustains grave injuries on a mission and decides to spend his final days with his mother. She tells him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes, Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He befriends medical specialist Rachel. When she is forced into the schemes of a criminal organization, Jon attempts rescue and becomes the target of ...

Directed By: Dante Lam

Written By: Candy Leung, Wai-Lun Ng, Dante Lam

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 2 m

The Viral Factor

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
32
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
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Summary IDC Agent Jon sustains grave injuries on a mission and decides to spend his final days with his mother. She tells him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes, Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He befriends medical specialist Rachel. When she is forced into the schemes of a criminal organization, Jon attempts rescue and becomes the target of ...

Directed By: Dante Lam

Written By: Candy Leung, Wai-Lun Ng, Dante Lam

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Jan 19, 2012
The Viral Factor is deliriously far-fetched. And one wishes director Dante Lam (The Beast Stalker) could have at least had some giddy fun smashing all his toys around. But his new film is tediously overwrought and drably made, with scenes punctuated by synthesized drums out of eighties American TV drama.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 20, 2012
A uniquely frenetic hodgepodge of story lures.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 20, 2012
The helmer's blockbuster ambitions, striving to make every move a money shot, relegate human drama to the backseat.
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Jan 18, 2012
The apparent byproduct of watching too much Bad Boys II, The Viral Factor is a cops-and-criminals saga slathered in glossy Michael Bay-isms.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 19, 2012
The Viral Factor wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 17, 2012
It's an overloaded, overwrought, profligate production inclined to hysteria and, in cumulative effect, something like being pelted with scenes until buried alive - but it helps keep it from being boring.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

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57% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Beijing Universe Starlight Culture Media, Emperor Motion Pictures, Huayi Brothers Media
Release Date Jan 20, 2012
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.theviralfactormovie.com/
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Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards
• 7 Nominations
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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