The Crazies
Release date: 26 February 2010
Running time: 101 mins
Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson
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A husband and wife in a small town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness.
The American Dream goes horribly wrong when the residents of a small Mid-Western town start succumbing to an uncontrollable urge for violence. As the horrific bloodshed escalates into anarchy, the military attempts to contain the epidemic, using deadly force to seal off the town. This means that the few healthy citizens who remain are trapped in a hellish scenario where depraved killers lurk in the shadows. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant), his pregnant wife Judy (Radha Mitchell), medical assistant Becca (Danielle Panabaker) and Dutton's deputy Russell (Joe Anderson) find themselves trapped in a once-idyllic town they can no longer recognise. Unable to trust former neighbours and friends, deserted by the authorities and terrified of contracting the illness themselves, they are forced to band together in a desperate and bloody struggle for survival.
Screenplay: Ray Wright, Scott Kosar
Distributor: Paramount
You should see it because: It's a terrifying modern-day remake of George Romero's nightmarish 1973 cult horror classic.
See it if you liked: Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Diary Of The Dead (2007), Carriers (2009)
