Review - The Crazies

The Crazies is the latest in what seems to have become a whole genre of horror movie remakes, and the latest of a George A. Romero film. It tells the story of a small rural town in Iowa that has become the victim of strange, violent behavior of many of its residents. The behavior spreads like a plague and soon the military becomes involved in a quarantine procedure. It stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, and Joe Anderson.

The Crazies is much better than I thought it was going to be. I always pay close attention to the quality of the acting. The acting was very good and always believable. Many movies that have been made look good with fancy graphics and efx, but fall apart with bad acting. The Crazies combines both acting and graphics to make a good film. I also like the commentary the movie has on society and the way people interact and get along with one another. This is usually seen in Romero's stories. This movie also contains some real good individual scenes and suspense. This seems hard to really get to work these days.

The only complaint about the movie was the predictable ending. It was pretty much what you would expect and what you have seen before. It looked really cool, but it's been done.

Overall this is a good movie. I would definitely recommend that you RENT IT.