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Summary: When a plane crashes in a small town, it releases a secret biological weapon. As the toxic substance infiltrates the local water system, some residents become gravely ill, while others descend into homicidal madness. The sheriff attempts to set things straight, but soon the military becomes involved in trying to contain the killer virus.
Just a pretty run-of-the-mill genre film for me. It didn't really offer anything different or new from what else is out there. Besides a pretty good performance from Olyphant, it was just kind of "meh."
Pretty good for what it was. Olyphant, as always, is excellent in his role, and his deputy sidekick delivers. The car wash scene was definitely the best in the movie.
For all of us who loved Outbreak but felt it lacked zombies! A brisk pace, likeable cast and good use of locations secures an enjoyable horror-experience, even if it's pretty straight forward.
A solid film, really well rounded. One of the better films in recent years to capture the essence of the event as well as how the main characters dealt with it. Olyphant is great in the lead role, he is a great talent and is severely under appreciated. The rest of the cast is very quiet, very low key but still manage to get the job done. Very well shot film, very well paced. It grabs your attention , but it is too similar too other films of the same genre to be one of the best films ever made.
Thematically more interesting than is standard for this fare, and produced with better than average competence, with some quite impressive moments, this medium-budget horror remake is worth a look for those who enjoy or are interested in the genre. The uncertainty about who is "sick" and when introduces an element of paranoia and doubt absent from most "zombie" movies, although this could probably have been taken even further, à la Carpenter's "The Thing."
It could have been worse, but it also could have been better. Some pretty impressive horror set pieces sandwiched with some fat, mostly scenes detailing the containment and government intervention. Cut down by twenty minutes, it would have been a lean, mean heck of a horror. Instead, it's merely very competent.
A solid effort for an action-packed Horror that I thoroughly enjoyed! Timothy Olyphant is a sheriff of a small town who become infected after their water supply is poisioned. The town is taken over by the military so he and a few others try their best to escape. When it really gets going there's no stopping it with some memorable scenes and enough action and horror to keep everyone happy. 'The Crazies' are also very creepy people you wouldn't want to run into! I would certainly reccomend it!
It was pretty good as far as zombie-type movies go. Good concept first used by George Romero back in 1973. I think that it would be scarier if the crazies were not visibly different from the "normal" people. That would heighten the sense of paranoia and would cause the question to rise in our minds, "Is anyone really completely sane?" Very predictable plot-line, but well acted and not overly gory. If you're looking for a fun bit of escapist fare, this is certainly an option, though not the best.
Pretty fun with enough scares to make it qualify as a horror movie. I'd almost say it's closer to a sci-fi film than a horror flick. Not the most brilliant film ever, but I ended up liking it quite a bit.
"Impatient as they may be, the filmmakers never lose sight of what's important, namely keeping Dutton's rag-tag group of survivors sympathetic and perpetually in peril." - Simon Abrams
Pretty good. Good performances, especially from Timothy Olyphant. Went on a little longer than I expected; that's not necessarily a bad thing, it just seemed like it was starting to wrap up and then some more complications got thrown into the mix. Honestly, I could have done without the last five seconds, as I feel that device has been overused and actually weakens the experience.
Could have skipped half the horror movie clichés they tossed in, but while it's not as delightfully bitter as Romero's original, it's definitely far more well made.