The Crazies

Rating: R

Movie Release Date: February 26, 2010

DVD Release Date: TBD

Plot 411: People in a small town start going crazy and begin killing other people.

Review: Timothy Olyphant plays David, the sheriff in a small Iowa town. During a baseball game, the town drunk enters the field with a gun. David confronts the man and ends up killing him when the man tries to shoot him. Later David realizes the man was crazy and that other townsfolk are going crazy as well. When the military comes in to evacuate the people, David is separated from his pregnant wife Judy (Radha Mitchell). David and his deputy (Joe Anderson) go behind enemy lines to rescue her. Overall, I thought this was an okay movie but found that there were a lot of illogical plot holes. The big set pieces and kill scenes were interesting for the most part. Besides some jump scare sequences, the film wasn't really scary and I wouldn't consider it a horror flick. I thought Olyphant and Mitchell did fine as the lead characters, but I didn't find them too likeable. There was just no connection to them despite their portrayal of a loving couple. I think I'm going to try and catch the original 1973 version and see how it compares.

Watch It: For an action/science fiction mixed breed of a movie.

Skip It: If you want a zombie movie because the crazies aren't zombies.