The Crazies
April 19, 2011
A crazy, fun psycho/slasher film!
Remakes nowadays are starting to become tiresome in the world of movies.It's as if Hollywood can't think of any original ideas and decide to remake a movie just to milk money out of the audiences' wallets.Most film-makers (Rob Zombie) fail to pay respect to an original classic because they always try to go over-the-top with things like violence and sex."The Crazies" is a remake of a 1973 George Romero film that I have yet to seen, so I can't tell if it's a respectful remake or not, but it most likely is.Here is a horror movie that's surprisingly effective and scary, more effective and scary than any slasher movie in recent years.Well, I wouldn't call it a slasher film nor is it a zombie movie.It's actually a mix of the two, and what a fine mixture this is! The killers are lustless, violent, and ,obviously, crazy.Praise goes straight down to the actors/actresses who play their roles as the crazies so effectively, and in the history of movies like these, that's saying something! Story is something the movie knows how to deliver, even if it's kept as simple as possible. Here's what you need to know : Water gets contaminated, people drink water, people go cuckoo, survivors try to escape town.The movie, luckily , also has an anti-military message behind the violent carnage.It actually seems like the soldiers who are trying to contain the virus are also antagonists, in addition to the crazies themselves.All of these villians in 100 minutes, and yet none of it gets repetitive.
What mainly makes "The Crazies" work is the believable characters that Timothy Olyphant (The Sherrif) and Rahda Mitchell (Wife of the Sherrif) portray.There is some weak dialoge in the film, and I felt that the movie slowed down a bit at the 30-35 minute mark, but there was enough time and believable acting that it managed to pick itself back up and shift from "Park" to "Drive". Thanks to some realistic special effects and a great pace, "The Crazies" makes itself into one of the most unique films of it's type.For what it is, this is a fun and surprisingly scary flick that you should check out if you enjoy movies like "28 Days Later".
Grade: B+
Remakes nowadays are starting to become tiresome in the world of movies.It's as if Hollywood can't think of any original ideas and decide to remake a movie just to milk money out of the audiences' wallets.Most film-makers (Rob Zombie) fail to pay respect to an original classic because they always try to go over-the-top with things like violence and sex."The Crazies" is a remake of a 1973 George Romero film that I have yet to seen, so I can't tell if it's a respectful remake or not, but it most likely is.Here is a horror movie that's surprisingly effective and scary, more effective and scary than any slasher movie in recent years.Well, I wouldn't call it a slasher film nor is it a zombie movie.It's actually a mix of the two, and what a fine mixture this is! The killers are lustless, violent, and ,obviously, crazy.Praise goes straight down to the actors/actresses who play their roles as the crazies so effectively, and in the history of movies like these, that's saying something! Story is something the movie knows how to deliver, even if it's kept as simple as possible. Here's what you need to know : Water gets contaminated, people drink water, people go cuckoo, survivors try to escape town.The movie, luckily , also has an anti-military message behind the violent carnage.It actually seems like the soldiers who are trying to contain the virus are also antagonists, in addition to the crazies themselves.All of these villians in 100 minutes, and yet none of it gets repetitive.
What mainly makes "The Crazies" work is the believable characters that Timothy Olyphant (The Sherrif) and Rahda Mitchell (Wife of the Sherrif) portray.There is some weak dialoge in the film, and I felt that the movie slowed down a bit at the 30-35 minute mark, but there was enough time and believable acting that it managed to pick itself back up and shift from "Park" to "Drive". Thanks to some realistic special effects and a great pace, "The Crazies" makes itself into one of the most unique films of it's type.For what it is, this is a fun and surprisingly scary flick that you should check out if you enjoy movies like "28 Days Later".
Grade: B+
Posted by Tyler Kirk.
