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The Crazies

  • 20102010
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  • 1h 41m
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After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of pe... Read allAfter a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
120K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,904
366
  • Director
    • Breck Eisner
  • Writers
    • Scott Kosar(screenplay)
    • Ray Wright(screenplay)
    • George A. Romero(1973 motion picture "The Crazies")
  • Stars
    • Radha Mitchell
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Danielle Panabaker
Top credits
  • Director
    • Breck Eisner
  • Writers
    • Scott Kosar(screenplay)
    • Ray Wright(screenplay)
    • George A. Romero(1973 motion picture "The Crazies")
  • Stars
    • Radha Mitchell
    • Timothy Olyphant
    • Danielle Panabaker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 327User reviews
    • 316Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 11 nominations

    Videos17

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    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Judyas Judy
    Timothy Olyphant
    Timothy Olyphant
    • Davidas David
    Danielle Panabaker
    Danielle Panabaker
    • Beccaas Becca
    Joe Anderson
    Joe Anderson
    • Russellas Russell
    Christie Lynn Smith
    Christie Lynn Smith
    • Deardra Farnumas Deardra Farnum
    Brett Rickaby
    Brett Rickaby
    • Bill Farnumas Bill Farnum
    Preston Bailey
    Preston Bailey
    • Nicholasas Nicholas
    John Aylward
    John Aylward
    • Mayor Hobbsas Mayor Hobbs
    Joe Reegan
    Joe Reegan
    • Pvt. Billy Babcockas Pvt. Billy Babcock
    Glenn Morshower
    Glenn Morshower
    • Intelligence Officeras Intelligence Officer
    Larry Cedar
    Larry Cedar
    • Ben Sandbornas Ben Sandborn
    Gregory Sporleder
    Gregory Sporleder
    • Travis Quinnas Travis Quinn
    Mike Hickman
    • Rory Hamillas Rory Hamill
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    • Peggy Hamillas Peggy Hamill
    Justin Welborn
    Justin Welborn
    • Curt Hammilas Curt Hammil
    Chet Grissom
    Chet Grissom
    • Kevin Milleras Kevin Miller
    Tahmus Rounds
    Tahmus Rounds
    • Nathanas Nathan
    Brett Wagner
    Brett Wagner
    • Jesseas Jesse
    • Director
      • Breck Eisner
    • Writers
      • Scott Kosar(screenplay)
      • Ray Wright(screenplay)
      • George A. Romero(1973 motion picture "The Crazies")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Lynn Lowry: Co-star of The Crazies (1973), of which this film is a remake, is an infected local riding a bicycle through the deserted center of town.
    • Goofs
      Municipal drinking water isn't used for massive irrigation in a farm community. The Mayor refused to allow the drinking water to be shut off, in part because he says it would kill the crops.
    • Quotes

      David Dutton: Don't ask me why I can't leave without my wife and I won't ask you why you can.

    • Crazy credits
      A scene concerning the fate of Ogden Marsh appears during the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Failure: The Tooth Fairy, Crazies and New Moon (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      We'll Meet Again
      Written by Ross Parker and Hugh Charles

      Performed by Johnny Cash

      Courtesy of American Recordings and The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews327

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Exhilarating and terrifying
    The Crazies, a remake of a seldom-seen 1972 George Romeo film, is about a small town whose inhabitants drink tainted water and become deranged. The movie is slick but still terrifying, relying not only on wacked-out effects but also on unadulterated suspense to really rattle your nerves.

    At a Little League game in Ogden Marsh, Iowa, a man wanders into the outfield carrying a shotgun. When the man raises the weapon, Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) shoots him dead. But the man wasn't drunk, he'd just gone crazy. Dutton investigates further, with the help of his deputy Russell (Joe Anderson), and discovers that a plane carrying a deadly cargo has crashed into a nearby creek, thus poisoning the town's drinking water.

    From there, events quickly get out of hand, as anyone who'd drunk water from their taps becomes first listless and unresponsive, then mumbly, then completely unhinged. But that's only the beginning of the nightmare for the town, which is then surrounded by a military force bent on containing the virus by any means necessary.

    This is only kind of a zombie film. I mean, no one's dining on the flesh of their living compatriots, there's no shambling, and mindless killing. (There's plenty of killing, but the afflicted people still have the capacity for reason.) One thing I liked about this was that precious time isn't spend trying to discover the reason for everyone's behavior; attention is focused on the survivors and how they react to what's going on. I also appreciated that at no time does anyone, even the sheriff, have this superhuman ability to know what must be done and how to do it. Dutton isn't a superhero, he's a sheriff.

    Another thing that helps a lot is the pacing. Too often, things either move so quickly that you can't figure out what's being done to whom or too slowly so that the suspense angle becomes the boredom angle. This is crucial for a horror film, which basically trafficks in suspense. Director Breck Eisner keeps the action coming without holding up the story (e.g., no drawn-out standoffs when it would look implausible), and there are plenty of creeping-up-on-you moments to choke twelve cows.

    Olyphant looks a lot like a younger Bill Paxton here, and he's a good fit - Sheriff Dutton is a solid leader, but he's not an improbable one. He's the kind of guy who rises to the occasion, not surpasses it completely. If you're looking for a movie where the hero is always armed to the teeth and subsequently never gets much more than a scratch on him, this isn't for you. Dutton has to constantly fight with his own instincts and change his attitude during the course of the movie (save everyone, save his wife, save a few people, save himself).

    People who make horror movies know they're making them for a pretty select audience. Lots of people don't like horror movies at all, and those who do are somewhat picky about them (particularly with so many big-budget ones from which to choose), so standards are high. It's important to grab that core audience, show them something they haven't seen or haven't seen done particularly well, then smack them upside the head. Classic horror films used the horror of the unseen to great effect, and more-recent genre films try the same thing. (One reason for this is that we've become inured to in-your-face slasher films, because the anticipation of the slasher doing his slashing has largely been eroded. But that's a digression right there.

    Basically, if zombie movies in general are your bag, you should love The Crazies. (If you don't like any horror films regardless, there's no way you should see this.) The Crazies is effectively scary, mixing human emotions with raw blood and gore and endless edge-of-your seat thrills.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 2010 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Arab Emirates
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bệnh Điên
    • Filming locations
      • Winterset, Iowa, USA
    • Production companies
      • Overture Films
      • Participant
      • Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,123,589
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,067,552
      • Feb 28, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $54,806,823
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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