The Crazies

Name: The Crazies
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Released: February 26, 2010
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant

2010

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Overture Films | Release Date: February 26, 2010 | R

Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant

Summary: A husband and wife in a small Midwestern town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness in The Crazies. A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of theA husband and wife in a small Midwestern town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness in The Crazies. A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of the George Romero horror classic. (Overture Films)… Expand

Director: Breck Eisner

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Michael Phillips

I greatly prefer this cleverly sustained and efficiently relentless remake to the '73 edition. It is lean and simple. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

You may not remember The Crazies in a month, but you'll have a grand time watching it. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

A lot of fun for horror fans, a nice little jaunt through paranoia and conspiracy theories. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Pete Hammond

An entertaining fright movie that’s crazy fun and full of genuine scares. Read full review

Keith Phipps

The crazies themselves could be a lot more terrifying. Without the rotting ickiness of proper zombies, they just seem like methed-out Iowans looking for a fix. That’s scary, but not scary enough. Read full review

Mike Hale

Mr. Romero is executive producer of the new film. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have his style or sense of humor. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Has warmed-over chills and a muddled, zombie-like execution. Read full review

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AlexSenaviev

Jun 27, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Кинематографичный, интересный, затягивающий - вот каким должен быть фильм-аттракцион, но не такой как этот" Отличнейшая задумка и отличнейшая реализация. Очень грустно что фильм остался незамеченным. Мало маркетинга . Концовка с посылом на вторую часть в которой собственно фильм не нуждается и это можно понять. Так и не рассказали кто всем заведует, кто тот самый наблюдатель. Возможно бюджета не хватило, возможно времени и сил, но упустили этот момент… Expand

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StevenH.

Feb 27, 2010

I really liked this movie. The acting was very good, the plot was passable, and the special effects was amazing. My only problem was the women in this movie seemed oblivious for the most part. The leads wife really just keeps getting herself into trouble and needs to be saved. Other than I really liked this movie. The acting was very good, the plot was passable, and the special effects was amazing. My only problem was the women in this movie seemed oblivious for the most part. The leads wife really just keeps getting herself into trouble and needs to be saved. Other than that, the movie was great. I highly recommend seeing it.… Expand

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khutch

Nov 19, 2013

The sequences of action are very well made and will not let you look away, even if at times you feel not satisfied, in most of the film, it makes you believe.

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Ruler101

Dec 1, 2010

I actually think this a decent modern day horror/thriller movie. Men hold your woman close cause she may need to hold something. This simple zombie infested town actually had a good enough script to make it interesting, intriguing, and breathe taking.

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worleyjamers

Dec 8, 2012

Surprising solid. Definitely a few too many "convenient" moments, but that's common for horror films. Overall, I really liked this one. I definitely recommend it!

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KundK

Aug 27, 2010

You will have seen this movie many times before and there was no real reason for a remake (since they didn't bother with updating the subtext much), but if the dawn of the zombie apocalypse holds strange fascination for you, you will not mind seeing ih again Midwestern-style. Far from great,You will have seen this movie many times before and there was no real reason for a remake (since they didn't bother with updating the subtext much), but if the dawn of the zombie apocalypse holds strange fascination for you, you will not mind seeing ih again Midwestern-style. Far from great, this was still more fun than the latest two Romero offerings.… Expand

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meydianarizki

Nov 10, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dissapoint movie.
This is yet another re-make of a George A. Romero horror flick from 1973, that somebody obviously thought they could put a better slant on. They thought wrong.

Yet another of these modern, cookie cutter horror flicks that substitutes cheap jump scenes and sudden loud bangs for real, effective scares, the film completely fails to generate any sense of fear or suspense, with a story that makes no sense and fails to get properly resolved at the end. Even with a really short running time, it manages to be a long slog to sit through, if it hasn't managed to send you 'crazy' by then.… Expand

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