Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Bored as hell No sense at all. The story is boring, the movie is slow and it is badly acted. Do not waste two hours of your life watching this crap.It is incredible that today someone continue to spend money on making trunks like this. Totally meaningless.

Syd March is a scientist whose job is to sell viruses taken from sick celebrities to sell to obsessed fans. He lives in a society of the future where the famous faces of celebrities are everything, all the time. It is also a disturbing world; Syd is disgusted to see cells taken from celebrities grown into human body parts and sold for eating. One day he is injected with a highly dangerous virus from the most famous celebrity, Hannah Geist, who has mysteriously died. Unknown to him he is suddenly very valuable amongst the Black Market system. This movie has elements of celebrity obsession gone too far and the disregard for human life. Syd is just another face in the crowd until he has Hannah's virus. The movie was filmed in the steel city of Ontario, Hamilton. It's a very shocking movie, at times a little hard to believe, but the acting was great and the cast members were a great choice. Syd also gets to meet Hannah, and sees that despite her fame she is trapped within it and very unhappy with her life. For an independent film is was very well-made. It's really worth watching.

Back in the eighties, writer/director David Cronenberg delighted (and disgusted!) audiences with his weird and horrific visions of technology merging with human flesh. Now, some years later, his son, Brandon Cronenberg, is doing much the same thing.Antiviral is about a world where (believe it or not) the population can buy illnesses that have once infected the celebrity of their choosing, so they can be ill like their idol! It's certainly a different type of film when you compare it to those other 'horror' movies of today, however, it's probably more at home with Cronenberg Senior's work back in the eighties. At first it took me a while to get into. I, a horror fan, didn't realise quite how much I'm used to 'horror' simply being a man in a mask slicing up overly-attractive teenagers. Therefore, I found this a little slow at first. However, I'm glad I persisted.It certainly won't be everyone's cup of tea. It's very slow-moving and the characters do tend to mumble a lot (I have to admit I was turning the volume up on many an occasion). Yet it has its own sick charm, helped in the most part by the lead character. He's certainly not your average hero. In fact, he's horrible and you won't have that much sympathy for him at the best of times as he steals and infects himself with celebrities' viruses. The lead actor is truly creepy in himself. Once you've seen him walk through a door, you'll know what I mean. He just has a way of doing it that spells out 'weirdo.' There are a few - not many, but a few - horrific moments that are not for the squeamish, but Antiviral's strong-points are not its gore, but its atmosphere. It is truly a dystopian world we're witnessing and there's more than a few social digs at our culture's obsession with celebrities.I find it hard to recommend to people in general. I would only say that if you've seen David Cronenberg's work and enjoyed it, then you should like this. However, I can see plenty of people finding this slow and boring (I did find it slow in parts).A good film...if you know what you're getting.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

This Film was Boring and i'm surprised i was even able to sit through all of it. The movie doesn't have much of a story and none of the characters are likable or memorable. The Movie actually starts up with a young man Sitting on a bench staring into the distance.(What a Dumb way to start your movie.) The actor who plays this main character is Caleb Landry Jones and quite frankly this guy did nothing for me. His acting wasn't bad but it wasn't good either and his character is rather flat and Boring not to mention weird. I'm sure people have established by this point that this Movie was not my cup of tea. I Like science fiction films but this Story was just unappealing to me. The story is a bunch of people work in this weird clinic its a company that purchases Viruses and other pathogens from celebrities that get sick and for some reason the people in this film want to buy the viruses and inject them into their bodies. These weird people apparently inject themselves with viruses because they want a "connection" with their Favourite Celebrity's. I'm sorry but this idea is simply STUPID and pointless. There is no point to anything in this film and all the characters act like weirdos and frankly i didn't care what happened to any of them not after they had been so stupid. For some reason everyone obsesses over this Girl called Hannah Geist shes a famous celebrity and when Hannah gets sick everyone wants to buy her pathogens,they all get harvested at the clinic and everyone wants some so they can inject themselves!!. I'm sorry but i have to say again this idea is Very stupid. so all these people are willing to make themselves Sick just to have a "connection" with Hannah Geist?.I have a solution that would be much easier than making yourself sick you can simply go out and get a GIRLFRIEND!.Doesn't that option seem much better than making yourself SICK!.of course it does because that's NORMAL which none of the characters are.I understand that this is a science fiction film, i Get that its not supposed to be realistic i GET that! but the characters were just plain stupid and demented that it made me wonder what the writer of this movie was thinking when he wrote the Script.I just didn't care for the script or the directing and as for the main character Syd all he does is spend the entire film walking around like an Old Man!,and i had no sympathy for him because i thought he was an idiot.I'm sorry but anyone who is stupid enough to inject themselves with a virus or pathogens deserves everything that happens to them.I don't feel sympathy for dumb people. I'm surprised that people even think this film is clever. there was nothing Clever about this film, it was different but that doesn't make it clever or good,I thought it was a Boring Mess of a film and as for Hannah Geist i didn't give a flying crap about her,i thought she had No personality and all she did in the film was lay in bed and cry or we'd see her face show up on a monitor a couple of times. she's a good looking Girl but i just found it Sad that everyone was so OBSESSED with her and i found it very weird. there is even a scene where people are at a restaurant eating meat which was grown from the cells of celebrities. this movie just has so many dumb and weird scenes that it becomes laughable at times.there is another scene where Syd is talking with this Fat man about Viruses and the two of them ending up fighting over a VIRUS! which is so STUPID!,and predictably what happens? Syd gets beaten up by the Fat man which i thought looked so LAUGHABLE.There is another scene later in the film where we see Syd yet again walking around like an OLD MAN!.I should probably mention this happens during the WHOLE MOVIE! we just see this pale guy walking around getting sicker and sicker and i'm thinking,why don't you GO Home AND GO TO BED! YOU MORON!.he's then approached by two men in suits and they tell Syd that he's coming with them and Syd didn't want to go but they "insisted" and said he had No Choice and Syd just walks outside with them!.he doesn't try to call for help he doesn't TRY to RUN or Try to FIGHT he just does as the men ask and gets into their car with them!!. what the hell did he do that for??. Is this supposed to be a science fiction Film or just a DUMB Soap Opera?. This film even feels like a Soap at times because most of the time you just have people walking around!. I hate Soaps! And i Hated this Film! it was Boring and it made no sense at times. two men are basically kidnapping the main Character and he does NOTHING And for some Reason There's (Nobody else around) Just like a Stupid Soap WOW how "conviniant". Give me a BREAK! this is a (MOVIE) not a SOAP,so the writer should write stuff that makes sense!. If i was being forced into a car by two men i'd call out for HELP or i'd try and RUN i wouldn't just willingly Go with my kidnappers! That's Stupid!. Then again even if he did call for help no one else would be around to help him.(No one being around) seems to be the new cliché now a days whenever something bad happens. This film was Lame and Stupid and forgettable so skip this BORING film and do yourselves a favour and watch a better film Like Gravity or Oblivion those are better science fiction films and they have better characters in them than anyone in this Laughable Film.