The Crazies (2010)

Directed by

Breck Eisner

Genre

action film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 2,307 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small Iowa town is quarantined after a biological agent turns people into violent killers. A sheriff tries to protect his pregnant wife and escape the town before the military shuts it down completely.

tensesuspensefulgrimrelentlessvisceralbleakclaustrophobicgritty

What happens

The Crazies is a 2010 science fiction horror film that is a remake of the 1973 film of the same name. It stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, and Danielle Panabaker as residents of a fictional Iowa town that becomes afflicted by a biological agent that turns those infected into violent killers. It is directed by Breck Eisner based on a screenplay by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright. George A. Romero, who wrote and directed the original, served as an executive producer. The film was released on February 26, 2010, and grossed $54 million on a $20 million budget. It received mixed reviews according to Metacritic, with the critical summary on Rotten Tomatoes calling the film "tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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