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The Crazies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBreck Eisner
Written byScott Kosar
Ray Wright
Produced byMichael Aguilar
Rob Cowan
Dean Georgaris
George A. Romero
(Executive Producer)
StarringTimothy Olyphant
Radha Mitchell
Joe Anderson
Danielle Panabaker
CinematographyMaxime Alexandre
Edited byBilly Fox
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
Distributed byOverture Films
Release date
February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$27,409,000[2]

The Crazies is a 2010 American horror film and remake of the 1973 film of the same name. It was directed by Breck Eisner, written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright, and stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, and Danielle Panabaker. The story revolves around a town whose water supply has been poisoned by a deadly toxin.

Plot

It is springtime in Ogden Marsh, Iowa. Dr. Judy Dutton finishes paperwork at the local hospital while her husband, Sheriff David Dutton, enjoys a local high school baseball game. Dutton’s deputy, Russell Clank, spots a man entering the outfield with a gun. David tries to get him to drop his weapon but is forced to shoot and kill the man. David and Judy begin to notice strange behavior in other town residents; they are slow to respond to questions and repetitive in their answers. The next night, a local farmer kills his family.

David and Russell investigate a dead soldier who is found in the woods and eventually find a crashed plane that has leaked a toxin into the water supply. Infected residents become extremely aggressive, attacking and killing other people. David tries to convince Judy to leave town but they are captured by soldiers and taken to a temporary military facility at the high school. Judy says that they are being checked for fevers and speculates the infection is a virus. An alert goes off when Judy is examined and she is taken away to be quarantined. She tries to explain that her fever is due to pregnancy, but is ignored and sedated. She wakes up strapped to a gurney as the perimeter of the facility is breached. The military personnel evacuates, leaving her and a room full of infected patients behind.

Meanwhile, David escapes from a group of people being released and rejoins Russell. The two go to the high school to rescue Judy and get there just in time to save her from an infected man who is killing the patients in their beds. The group begins walking out of town, hiding from both the infected and the military along the way. Eventually, Russell begins to show signs of infection and then sacrifices himself so that David and Judy can escape. They learn that the military also killed those who were not infected, taking no chances that the incident might be exposed. They survive another encounter with the infected and escape in a truck. A large explosion destroys Ogden Marsh. David and Judy reach Cedar Rapids. A satellite view of the Earth shows the words “initiate containment protocol” as they are entering city limits. In the ending credits, it is revealed that destruction of Ogden Marsh was played off by the government as "a large chemical plant explosion"

Cast

Production

Much of the film was shot in Middle Georgia, and Lenox, Iowa, with settings including the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Priester's Pecans in Perry, Georgia, the Fountain Car Wash in Macon, Georgia, areas in Montezuma, Georgia, and Peach County High School in Fort Valley, Georgia.[3] The film was produced and distributed by Overture Films.[4] The special effects were created by Robert Green Hall.[5]

Release

The film premiered on February 24, 2010 in Los Angeles[6] and received a wide release in the United States and Canada on February 26, 2010.[7]

Critical reception

Based on 110 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating of 71%, with an average score of 6.4/10. The site's consensus states the film is "Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is the rare horror remake that works."[8] By contrast, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an "mixed or average" score of 55% based on 30 reviews.[9]

Michael Phillips of The Chicago Tribune awarded the film 3½ stars of 4 commenting that he "greatly prefer this cleverly sustained and efficiently relentless remake to the '73 edition. It is lean and simple." [10] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film 3/4 stars touting the film as "extremely solid stuff – about as good as you could hope from a B-movie retread." [11] Variety film critic Dennis Harvey also praised the film, writing "While not a slam dunk, this revamp by helmer Breck Eisner (of the enjoyable but underperforming Sahara) emerges an above-average genre piece that's equal parts horror-meller and doomsday action thriller.[12]

However, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a C, writing, "I don't care how this premise has been dressed up, we've seen it a jillion times before."[13] Mike Hale of The New York Times wrote a mixed review stating "The filmmakers seem so determined to make a serious, respectable horror movie that they have only the bare minimum of fun."[14] Amy Biancolli, writing for San Francisco Chronicle, wrote that the remake "boasts less plot and fewer characters than the original, but the hairdos are spiffier and the special effects have graduated from cheapo stage blood to the extravagant gross-outs that horror audiences now routinely expect."[15]

Box office

The film opened at #3 behind Cop Out and Shutter Island with $16,067,552.[16] As of March 7, the film has grossed $27,409,000 in the United States.[1]

Merchandise

On February 23, 2010, Beware the Infected, a game modeled on the file appeared as an iPhone application.[17]

Comic book

On February 17, 2010, iTunes released a graphic novel adaptation of the film.[18]

Browser game

On February 24, 2010, Starz Digital Media released a Facebook game based on the film.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Crazies (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Crazies – Box Office Data". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved March 2, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ ‘Crazies’ remake filming under way in Perry
  4. ^ Exclusive: Rob Hall Talks Effects on Remake of The Crazies
  5. ^ Exclusive photo: THE CRAZIES love Fango!
  6. ^ Massive Image Gallery: The LA Crazies Premiere
  7. ^ "The Crazies (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "The Crazies Movie Review, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  9. ^ "The Crazies reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2010-02-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Phillips, Michael (2010-2-25). "'The Crazies': Remake bests the master". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Burr, Ty (2010-2-26). "'The Crazies' movie review". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2010-2-25 12:30am PT). "The Crazies Review – Read Variety's Analysis of the Film, The Crazies". Variety. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2010-2-25). "The Crazies". EW.com. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Text "EW.com" ignored (help); Text "Movies" ignored (help)
  14. ^ Hale, Mike (2010-2-26). "Movie Review – The Crazies". Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  15. ^ Biancolli, Amy (2010-2-26). "Review: 'The Crazies'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for February 26–28, 2010". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-3-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ The Crazies By Petrol Advertising
  18. ^ Trailer for 'The Crazies' Motion Comic Book
  19. ^ The Crazies Comic, iPhone App, and Facebook Games Are Here
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