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Anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens of Ogden Marsh into bloodthirsty lunatics. In an effort to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the town and use deadly force to keep anyone from getting in or out. Now trapped among killers, Sheriff Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) and his wife (Radha Mitchell) and two companions must band together to find a way out before madness and death overtake them.

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Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is a horror remake that, unusually, works.

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The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Mediocre acting and a tired plotline ruins what's left of the movie. Rated: D Sep 11, 2017 Full Review The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (2) J. R. Jones Chicago Reader [A] respectable update. Jan 3, 2011 Full Review The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor While it loses the charm of Romero's low-budget clunkiness, it is in all other regards superior. Rated: B- Jan 3, 2011 Full Review The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review One of those rare cases where the remake lives up to the original, if not exceeds it. Rated: 3/4 Aug 22, 2023 Full Review The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Kristy Strouse Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying The Crazies is a visually attuned reimagining that doesn’t slack on lunacy or acting chops. May 18, 2023 Full Review The Crazies | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The new version is well done... they have passed poison into a brand new bottle for the 21st century. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dawn B Have seen b4. Pretty good. Does miss a couple of things. Read a little of my book b.utt 6.10.24 8.3/0. D.B Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Craig B I highly recommend this 2010 remake of the George A Romero classic. It is a very good remake, which I'll admit was a pleasant surprise. The great man himself, George A. Romero, ensured it was relatively faithful to the original, serving as an Executive Producer.Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell lead a solid cast, which benefits from well-realised characters, great pacing and an ever-increasing sense of dread.Where this remake succeeds over the original is in the early set-up, laying valuable ground work to establish some background for the main characters, which ensures you are engaged with them from the outset.Additionally, the movie starts cautiously, and escalates gradually, giving the town's main characters time to experience the evils that have enveloped their community before external entities came into the story.The original movie immediately started with the military already on the scene within the first 5 minutes, giving no time to develop the main characters into people whose fate you can became invested in.I actually watched the remake first, then watched the original directly after (as I could not recall ever seeing it previously).Overall, the 2010 remake of The Crazies stands on its own. Solid acting, well-developed and likeable characters, some very tense and chilling moments and thrilling action sequences make this a horror-thriller well worth your time. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/22/24 Full Review KB B This was such a compelling movie with good acting and storyline. I liked it so much I bought the Blu-ray years ago. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Arthur M The acting is disgustingly bad, and it drags down even the best written parts of the script, which is already slow as hell. Seriously, how come a script filled with well-positioned action still feels like a rhytmic disaster like this? Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/24 Full Review Juan Á En general es buena, no conozco la primera o anterior versión. Tiene una buena mezcla de gore y suspenso muy pocas veces lo hacen bien Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review Andrea C Adrenalinico ed originale survival movie in cui la classica devastazione mutante viene presentata su una scala ridotta, con un nemico chiaro quasi fin da subito ma un contesto che rimane molto vincolato al piccolo paesino in cui si svolgono le vicende.Molto appassionante la corsa verso la salvezza dei protagonisti, pur con qualche urlo di troppo per le componenti femminili che rendono abbastanza fastidiose alcune sequenze di azione.La vera novità è però data dal triplo nemico (mutazione, mutanti ed esercito) che permette alla sceneggiatura di offrire sempre scontri originali e diversi dai precedenti.Il finale, forse troppo esagerato, è una delle pecche principali.Molto ad impatto invece la sequenza del ritrovamento dell'aereoplano caduto che dà inizio a tutti i problemi. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Breck Eisner Director Timothy Olyphant Sheriff David Dutton Radha Mitchell Dr. Judy Dutton Joe Anderson Russell Clank Danielle Panabaker Becca Darling Christie Lynn Smith Deardra Farnum
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Synopsis Anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens of Ogden Marsh into bloodthirsty lunatics. In an effort to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the town and use deadly force to keep anyone from getting in or out. Now trapped among killers, Sheriff Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) and his wife (Radha Mitchell) and two companions must band together to find a way out before madness and death overtake them.

Director
Breck Eisner

Producer
Rob Cowan, Michael Aguilar, Dean Georgaris

Screenwriter
Ray Wright, Scott Kosar

Distributor
Overture Films

Production Co
Participant Media

Rating
R (Language|Bloody Violence)

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 26, 2010, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.1M

Runtime
1h 41m
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