My Movie Review: The Crazies

My Movie Review: The Crazies

3.5/5

Opening Statement: The Crazies is a story based of George A. Romero's original film, about a local sheriff and his wife who live in a small town where tainted water causes locals to have bizarre, violent behavior.

Whats Good: This is one of those "beautiful" horror movies, I haven't seen cinematic beautiful scenery and camera angles in a horror movie like this since 28 Days Later. It's gritty when it wants to be, some of the scenarios in the film are eerie and well done that create a certain suspenseful chill. Then like every good horror movie it deals with psychological aspects which contain the fact everyone they know is dying, people going crazy not necessarily from the disease but from the actions around them in general. Then you also have the government, military action based around the whole phenomenon, whose actions seem out of line but in the best interest of the rest of the world. All around the story was well told. The actors were ok.

Whats Bad: There was nothing in this film i'd necessarily call "bad" however there were some areas that could've been improved. At times the film felt like a chronicle, three films in one, as if they took the scenarios of psychological behavior, scientific virus, military action and over encumbered the film. I never felt smothered by it however. The acting was just ok, Timothy Olyphant has really been making a name for himself, he was in A Perfect Getaway last year, he really has that thriller performance down, however with all the local chaos, of friends, family being dead, none of the emotionality really ever felt like it should, they should've gone further with it. Also I was never legitmately scared in this movie, It defintley worked more as a thriller than a horror movie and at times it felt it was trying so hard not to succumb to cliche's that it, itself felt cliche.

Consensus: Go see this movie, there are not many great horror films out there today, last year we had the over rated Paranormal Activity and that was about it, horror comedies has been where its at, here we got finally a legit thrilling horror flick, however don't go in expecting another 28 Days Later.

OTHER MOVIE MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

28 Days Later 5/5

Paranormal Activity 3.5/5

A Perfect Getaway 2.5/5