Directed by:
Breck EisnerCinematography:
Maxime AlexandreComposer:
Mark IshamCast:
Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith, Preston Bailey, Lisa K. Wyatt, Justin Miles, Lynn Lowry (more)VOD (1)
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In this terrifying glimpse into the “American Dream” gone wrong, an unexplainable phenomenon has taken over the citizens of Ogden Marsh. One by one the town's folks are falling victim to an unknown toxin and are turning sadistically violent. When Sheriff Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell), try to make sense of the escalating violence, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won't let any one in or out - even those uninfected. An ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for the few remaining survivors as they do their best to get out of town alive. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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Right and from now on it’s bottled water only. Solid craftsmanship. After A Perfect Getaway, Timmy Olyphant continues in his guise of nice guy with gun, foxy Radha Mitchell effs and blinds her way through and the characters behave pretty sensibly, so it’s no problem to cross your fingers for them on their journey. This may be a classic horror B-movie, but a couple of scenes are outstanding, the action is shot really well and some of the ideas are quite original. I enjoyed it. :)
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Neither thrilling action, nor an interesting plot, nor a groundbreaking twist. Surprisingly, perhaps only Timothy Olyphant saves it. I expected another wild ride, and it's like it wasn't the same without the zombies. The atmosphere in the trailer was twice as intense as in the final version of the movie, which is at least worth pondering.
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I did not expect much and I was pleasantly surprised. Again, slightly different zombies run amok in the action story, which is not among the most sophisticated, but thanks to a number of really great and especially suspenseful scenes (the pathologist, the car wash...) I had no problem setting that aside. Timothy Olyphant was very likeable this time, Radha Mitchell in the role of his wife as well.
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To me, the remake of The Crazies has the bare minimum of what every good (above-par) horror film should have, the things that incline the successful/unsuccessful scale to the more pleasing side, which is certainly good, and something you can’t say about many representatives of the genre. The best thing about this film is that it’s not bad, the worst, in contrast, is that it’s not better. Fans will be happy, or rather, not pissed off. PS: I’m rounding up the 7/10 for certain scenes (there is a small highlight every fifteen minutes, I’m not exaggerating).
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This mysterious horror movie offers a good atmosphere and cast, as well as a quality technical aspect, but it is undermined by cheap clichéd plot twists (you know exactly when and who will be saved by whom at the very last moment). This fault places it a level below first-rate horror flicks like Dawn of the Dead and 30 Days of Night.
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