The Crazies

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  • Opened February 26, 2010 
  • 1 hr 41 min
  • R | for bloody violence and language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his own house…after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside. Within days, the town has transformed into a sickening asylum; people who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives have now become depraved, blood-thirsty killers, hiding in the darkness with guns and knives. Sheriff Dutten tries to make sense of what’s happening as the horrific, nonsensical violence escalates. Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh...with insanity. Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent. In an effort to keep the madness contained, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won’t let anyone in or out – even those uninfected. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson, Christie Lynn Smith
  • Director: Breck Eisner
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

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88
Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

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

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Wall Street Journal
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The big difference between Mr. Romero's film and Mr. Eisner's--which is so intelligent you fear the fanboys will scatter--is that Mr. Eisner never gives us the military's point of view. All we know is what David and Judy and Russell know, which for a long time isn't much. And The Crazies is all the scarier for it. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

Does what an exploitation movie should: It gets in, it scares you silly, and it gets out, all while playing fair by the audience. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Michael Rechtshaffen

Part zombie movie, part apocalyptic bioterror, part military conspiracy thriller, the refit hybrid doesn't stint on the visceral kicks demanded by contemporary audiences while remaining reasonably true to those Romero roots. Read full review

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Radha Mitchell as Judy in "The Crazies."