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The Crazies (2010)

Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell

The Sheriff (Olyphant) of a small town is forced to shoot a local at their season opening baseball game. What he doesn’t know is that he is the first of many people in this inconsequential town to be infected. A plane has mysteriously crashed and brought with it some unknown virus that is infecting the town’s drinking water. It isn’t until the military shows up and quarantines the town, shooting any who resist them, that the Sheriff realizes that this might be out of his control. Infected people lurk around every corner, killing without any emotion. Determined to find a way to get his pregnant wife (Mitchell) safely out of the dangerous locked down town, they must find a way out before they are killed or become one of the “crazies”.

This is a remake of the 1973 version with the same name, which I have not seen. This is my opinion only of the remake. This version is a typical horror film. Nothing overly special or memorable about it. It’s not really that scary, the “crazies” are local town folk turned zombie-like. But after a couple bullets in them, they don’t talk much. Who hasn’t seen that in a horror film about a million times? There are some pretty bloody scenes, nothing overly done. I recommend skipping this one, though I am a fan of Timothy Olyphant, this is not one of his better films.

Scene:

I'm not going to put my "favorite scene" on here because my favorite is at the end of the movie and I didn't want to spoil anything for those who have not watched the movie. So enjoy the clip ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcz7_3JslAU&feature=channel

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