The Crazies

Overture Films | Release Date: February 26, 2010

6.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 204 Ratings

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FilipeNetoOct 30, 2020

I just realized, after some reading, that this film is a remake of another film, already forgotten, from the Seventies. I will not be able to compare them, I have never seen him, but I will see. What I can say, surely, is that this film didI just realized, after some reading, that this film is a remake of another film, already forgotten, from the Seventies. I will not be able to compare them, I have never seen him, but I will see. What I can say, surely, is that this film did not enchant me and I expected something more. The film is good enough to be worth it, but I don't know if I would be interested in seeing it a second time. I don't think it justifies it.

All the action takes place in a small village in the North American Midwest, where a mysterious virus is causing a terrible contagious disease that spreads through the air and makes people go crazy and start behaving like psychopaths and murdering other people just because. The film does not enter into big rounds, nor does it present much of the situation: like the inhabitants of that place, we too are surprised and do not know exactly what is happening. From here, the film follows the attempts of the local sheriff and his assistant to leave the city without being arrested or even killed by the army, which invades the region.

The film is not bad, but its loaded with clichés and uninspired scenes without originality, as if the director, Breck Eisner, had no confidence or interest in what he was doing and decided to just imitate "The Walking Dead" and other similar material. In addition, this film has a mostly average or mediocre cast, which neither shines nor adds anything truly good to the film. The exceptions are Timothy Olyphant and Joe Anderson, who gave life to the sheriff and his assistant in a competent and very committed way, where they would have surely achieved a better result with better material.

At a technical level, its a film that fulfills what it promises: it has good cinematography and the sets and costumes are realistic and quite pleasant, but these are features that we could almost demand. The film keeps a pleasant pace, the visual, special and sound effects are very good and realistic. What I think was quite exaggerated was the creation of a whole ending so absolutely cataclysmic that it becomes far-fetched, like a parody. Finally, a word for the good soundtrack, which fulfills its role well.… Expand

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meydianarizkiNov 10, 2022

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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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meydianarizki21Nov 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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MickeyFinnNov 20, 2022

I pretty much like the actors but omg what's the point remaking an old movie if you cut everything out. A quarantine, military shooting civilians.. that maybe was bold and fresh in 1970,:not anymore. The old one was pretty crappy but still aI pretty much like the actors but omg what's the point remaking an old movie if you cut everything out. A quarantine, military shooting civilians.. that maybe was bold and fresh in 1970,:not anymore. The old one was pretty crappy but still a Romero, had a whole lot of ideas and passion. The craziness creeping, chaos. military and civilians shooting each other.. The pregnant lady was infected, then shot by civilians who mistook them for military. The immune main character was put with the infected without being tested, the doctor who found a cure was mistaken for a civilian and dies by accident, in the end the virus spreads. I also remember some weird scenes, a guy being shot in the head that caresses a tree before dying, or the main character piling up some bricks to hide his wife in plain sight on a construction site. Where tf is all that...… Expand

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