The Crazies
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Actor: Radha Mitchell, Timothy OlyphantBrand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-06-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Crazies
DVD Review: Great Horror Film with Fantastic Build Up
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever wonder what a "real" Resident Evil movie would be like if it was truly based upon the video games in which it steals the name from? The major premise of the Resident Evil games lies within the sudden outbreak of a virus spreading throughout a local town. In an attempt to cover up the virus outbreak, the government decides to nuke the city in attempts to not only keep the virus from spreading, but also to cover up the fact that they were responsible for the outbreak in the first place. While all of this is happening, a group of survivors who have yet to be infected fight for their lives against the hundreds of infected humans within the town. That is the basic plot of Resident Evil the video game, and that is the basic synopsis of the film "The Crazies".
The film begins by showing a small, simple town by the name of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. It's a simple town, where everyone seems to know each other and everyone is enjoying a nice day out watching a local baseball game. That is until the "town drunk", Rory, wonders out onto the field in the midst of the game carrying a shotgun. Local Sheriff David Dutton (played by Timothy Olyphant) is forced to draw his weapon and shoot the man or risk getting shot himself. The man's family does not take David's action too well, and blames the Sheriff for the man's death stating it had been years since he had any alcohol and was very proud of being sober now. After the blood work comes in, David finds out that the man had zero alcohol in his body at the time of his death, meaning something else drove him to the breaking point of sanity.
The next day, David's wife Judy, the local doctor, is examining a local farmer by the name of Bill. Bill seems to be in a trance like state, ignoring when others speak to him and simply repeating the same phrase over and over again when he is asked to answer questions given to him by Judy. She finds nothing wrong with the man, and sends him home with his wife. That night, however, Bill loses control of himself and brutally murders his family.
The next morning, David and his Deputy Sheriff Russell Clank go out to the local swamp to respond to a report of a dead body being discovered. The cadaver appears to belong to a pilot, wearing traditional pilot's gear, so the two officers decide to search for a plane within the water. After discovering the plane, and seeing how large it is, the two cops are confused as to why nothing was reported on either the papers, the internet, or the news, in regards to such a large plane crashing. Immediately after discovering the plane, it appears as if the town's connection with the outside world has been cut. No longer receiving a dial tone on their land-line phones, or cell phones, and no longer capable of connecting to the internet, it appears as if the town has been isolated from the outside world.
As time progresses, David and Russell discover more locals have become overwhelmed by anger and violence. More murders begin to occur, and no one seems to have control over their actions anymore. David tracks the outbreak back to the plane, stating it must have been carrying something that contaminated the water, and decides to shut off the water for the entire town in order to prevent the outbreak from spreading. Shortly after doing so, the government shows up and the town learns the truth behind the outbreak, all the while trying to fight off not only "The Crazies" but the armed forces as well. Chaos ensues, and no one is safe from anyone, even those who once appeared healthy begin to show signs of contamination and give into their feelings of anger.
"The Crazies" depicts the outbreak brilliantly, starting off slowly and building tension as the film progresses. The homicidal acts depicted by "The Crazies" within the film are truly shocking and horrific. The scenes leading up to these acts are well drawn out, slowly building tension as the audience simply grimaces and waits for the murders to occur at a very well done, slow pace to build up anticipation of the next move. With everyone slowly changing, it is hard to know to trust, once again contributing to the overall tension that the film delivers. The large variety of environment is well done as well, varying from small town homes, to larger empty building, dark streets, and even a car wash. There is never a huge break in the action and chills, but the film still allows for plenty of plot and character development while at the same time keeping a good pacing and spacing between the next horrific and violent scene to show up.
Overall, "The Crazies" is a great film and is very much like other films before it such as "28 Days Later". The difference is that "The Crazies" does a good job of keeping the audience on their toes, provides a well developed plot-line, and still has a nice balance between violence and action, in order to keep the viewer intrigued throughout the entire film. Never going too far in any direction, "The Crazies" does a great job of providing an equilibrium and stays balanced from start to finish. The actors do a great job, especially Timothy Olyphant (David) and Joe Anderson (Russell). The audience can feel the desperation that these survivors are feeling, and truly feel the intensity of the circumstances that the survivors are facing at every turn. The atmospheres are well done, adding a dark ambiance to every scene, building suspense to greater heights. "The Crazies" is an excellent addition to any horror collection.
Description of The Crazies
In this terrifying glimpse into the ?American Dream? gone wrong, an unexplainable phenomenon has taken over the citizens of Ogden Marsh. One by one the townsfolk are falling victim to an unknown toxin and are turning sadistically violent. People who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives are now depraved, blood-thirsty killers. While Sheriff Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell), try to make sense of the escalating violence, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won?t let anyone in or out ? even those uninfected. In this film that Pat Jankiewicz of Fangoria calls ?disturbing,? an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for the few remaining survivors as they do their best to get out of town alive.This 2010 remake of a somewhat obscure 1973 George Romero picture injects a mysterious virus into the water supply of a small Iowa town, and the consequences are? well, you didn't expect the consequences to be positive, did you? The movie is called The Crazies, after all. So when local folk begin acting a mite peculiar, it just means they've gone to the well too often--literally. Borrowing the structure of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the remake gets off to a clumsy start, but as the noninfected rally around the sheriff (Timothy Olyphant) and his doctor wife (Radha Mitchell), the action becomes streamlined and reasonably inventive. Director Breck Eisner has a particular knack for finding ingenious ways of killing people (a knife through the hand becomes a useful tool for the sheriff in one turn-the-tables moment), and he's been wise enough to hire respectable actors for the top-lined duties; along with Olyphant and Mitchell, there's also Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) as a loyal, amped-up deputy. If the movie misses the tart social-context stuff that Romero does so well, it at least fills the bill when it comes to the chase-and-escape business of a contemporary horror picture. The spate of such 21st-century remakes of 1970s horror pictures misses the raw, raggedy unease of those low-budget projects, but if you're going to make a slick new update, The Crazies is the way to do it. --Robert Horton
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