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Watch: The Crazies 2010 123movies, Full Movie Online – As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival..
Plot: Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
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Ratings:

	6.5/10 Votes: 122,200
	71% | RottenTomatoes
	56/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1720 Popularity: 20.021 | TMDB

Reviews:

I didn’t have much expectations for this film, other than thinking it would be a low budget, easygoing horror film. How wrong I was! Not only it is a decent horror film but also scary at times. Yeah, it certainly is not a 10 out of 10 horror film, for sure, but it’s certainly worth watching.

Would I watch it again? Yeah! Would I make my friends watch it? Absolutely!

Great watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

I have no idea how I went 10 years without seeing this one.

It shows you my frame of mind when this was the most uplifting thing of my day.

This is a great survivalist movie: an unknown infection occurs in a small rural town, and the government is closing in to secure and “decontaminate” the area. And get nothing wrong, “our” government will contain, secure, and then protect, in that order.

Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell kill in this, they’re great start to finish. Joe Anderson does steal the show a few times though, really embodying the spirit of a rage filled person. Danielle Panabaker is the reason this got on my radar at all, but she is sort of “emotional teen girl”, and I feel she’s too big an actor for that, so it wasn’t my favorite part.

The writing is well done, in a progressive manner that makes me think that we really missed out on a “The Crazies” videogame. The thing that makes this the infection more interesting than the average rabid / zombie movie, is that these infected are still “smart”. Now they’re uncontrollably driven to kill, but they can do it by car / rifle / coordinated attack, and even an overwhelming mob. Hell they can even set traps.

So you’re basically fighting insane people on PCP. The infection effect seems to differ based on how inclined you are to kill people. There were a couple that managed to hide until they came across someone they had motivation to kill before infection. Some people are just confused, like they don’t understand why they’re doing what they’re doing. Others “round up da’ boys” and go a hooting and hollering. The range of behaviors keep you on your toes.

On top of the infected, you have the military cleansing the area who (in theory) are still in their right mind, and no idea what is the infection vector.

I really enjoyed this, it did remind me of “Mom and Dad” which has a similar infection, but the psychological motivations are much clearer and have a very nice built in complexity.

You’ll be crazy about ‘The Crazies’
A remake of the original movie made by George Romero in the 1970s, The Crazies tells the story of what happens after a highly infectious contagion finds its way into a rural water supply after a classified plane crashes and turns the previously down to earth townsfolk into violent rampaging killers – the ‘Crazies’ of the title. First off it’s fair to say that the new version of The Crazies is a vastly superior film to the original. The story is very well set up and generally builds momentum at a nice pace. You don’t feel like you’re being plunged blindly into the action.

Of course the story isn’t exactly new. While it still remains a brilliant premise and was no doubt unique in the 70s when the original was made, nowadays we’ve seen this type of thing many times before. Movies such as Rec, its remake Quarantine, 28 Days Later, its sequel 28 Weeks Later and the Dawn of the Dead remake have saturated an already overcrowded market – with probably yet more to come. But while it’s easy to say that the remake is just another in the aforementioned cycle of movies, it must also be pointed that when Romero did the original, he arguably invented a new genre just like he did when he made Night of the Living Dead: as well as ‘the dead coming back to life’ genre, Romero gave us ‘the killer virus that turns normal people into insane killers’ genre. The reality of the matter is by making those movies all those years ago, he was virtually inventing two types of story that would be mined again and again in later decades in everything from films and books to video games. If the aforementioned 28 Days Later is credited with the resurgence of the zombie flick, then it must also be acknowledged the debit it too owes Romero’s original ‘Crazies’ film: this is no zombie flick. In both movies the victims are not the walking dead, but alive and kicking, albeit completely insane.

While the production value is much bigger than the 70s release, the acting in the remake beats the original hands down. This is a movie with something for everyone: for the gals, there’s Timothy Olyphant while Radha Mitchell supplies the goods for the guys. Playing the town Sheriff, Olyphant makes for a solid, likable and charismatic lead. Based on what he does here, surely A-list status and multi million dollar action roles are within his grasp. Similarly, playing his wife, Radha Mitchell brings a lot of gravitas and humility to her role and creates a very likable character. It’s one of those rare moments of credibility – and good casting – where the chemistry between two principals is so strong, you actually believe they could be married in real life and because of this, you’re rooting for them every step of the way while everything around them is going to hell.

There are two definite stand-out scenes in the movie: one set in a quarantine area with a group of people strapped to gurneys while a previously carefree towns person lumbers around wielding a pitch fork is chilling, while another, set in a car wash where every slap on the windscreen is to be feared, is relentlessly claustrophobic. These aren’t just great scenes, its great film-making. The Crazies is a very well made film. Even the age-old and rather hackneyed ‘no signal for the cell phone’ problem, typical in movies such as this, is solved very neatly here. Rather than having it as a throwaway line of dialog, it’s worked effectively into the plot. Plus in another key moment that can only be described as jaw dropping, we get an overhead shot of a crashed aircraft in a deep swamp. For a remake, it’s fair to say this movie has its share of surprises.

Another major plus is rather than telling the story from the usual teen perspective, the movie defies protocol and focuses on the adults. A refreshing change from the usual teen canon fodder, this is a smart move and makes it more than just another ‘teens on the run’ flick. Also while we know the U.S. government is responsible for the crash and the subsequent outbreak, motives are still kept effectively obscure. No explanation is ever offered and the film is all the better for it. By keeping everything so murky adds an air of mystery and menace to the proceedings. One small criticism, though: the film opens with an unnecessary ‘flash forward’ to a blazing inferno of a town where we see flaming cars. Clearly this is the aftermath of whatever disaster is about to take place because then we see a ‘Two Days Earlier’ caption and the movie begins. This opening – brief as it is – does absolutely nothing to help the film. If anything it slightly lessens away the impact of what happens later because we’ve already had that small foretaste.

However that’s just a small complaint. Overall The Crazies is a well acted, entertaining and thrilling roller coaster ride of a movie. Everything moves along at a nice speed and the running time is not so long as to outstay its welcome. It delivers a good deal of jumps and scares, and is entertaining from start to the finish.

Exhilarating and terrifying
The Crazies, a remake of a seldom-seen 1972 George Romeo film, is about a small town whose inhabitants drink tainted water and become deranged. The movie is slick but still terrifying, relying not only on wacked-out effects but also on unadulterated suspense to really rattle your nerves.

At a Little League game in Ogden Marsh, Iowa, a man wanders into the outfield carrying a shotgun. When the man raises the weapon, Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) shoots him dead. But the man wasn’t drunk, he’d just gone crazy. Dutton investigates further, with the help of his deputy Russell (Joe Anderson), and discovers that a plane carrying a deadly cargo has crashed into a nearby creek, thus poisoning the town’s drinking water.

From there, events quickly get out of hand, as anyone who’d drunk water from their taps becomes first listless and unresponsive, then mumbly, then completely unhinged. But that’s only the beginning of the nightmare for the town, which is then surrounded by a military force bent on containing the virus by any means necessary.

This is only kind of a zombie film. I mean, no one’s dining on the flesh of their living compatriots, there’s no shambling, and mindless killing. (There’s plenty of killing, but the afflicted people still have the capacity for reason.) One thing I liked about this was that precious time isn’t spend trying to discover the reason for everyone’s behavior; attention is focused on the survivors and how they react to what’s going on. I also appreciated that at no time does anyone, even the sheriff, have this superhuman ability to know what must be done and how to do it. Dutton isn’t a superhero, he’s a sheriff.

Another thing that helps a lot is the pacing. Too often, things either move so quickly that you can’t figure out what’s being done to whom or too slowly so that the suspense angle becomes the boredom angle. This is crucial for a horror film, which basically trafficks in suspense. Director Breck Eisner keeps the action coming without holding up the story (e.g., no drawn-out standoffs when it would look implausible), and there are plenty of creeping-up-on-you moments to choke twelve cows.

Olyphant looks a lot like a younger Bill Paxton here, and he’s a good fit – Sheriff Dutton is a solid leader, but he’s not an improbable one. He’s the kind of guy who rises to the occasion, not surpasses it completely. If you’re looking for a movie where the hero is always armed to the teeth and subsequently never gets much more than a scratch on him, this isn’t for you. Dutton has to constantly fight with his own instincts and change his attitude during the course of the movie (save everyone, save his wife, save a few people, save himself).

People who make horror movies know they’re making them for a pretty select audience. Lots of people don’t like horror movies at all, and those who do are somewhat picky about them (particularly with so many big-budget ones from which to choose), so standards are high. It’s important to grab that core audience, show them something they haven’t seen or haven’t seen done particularly well, then smack them upside the head. Classic horror films used the horror of the unseen to great effect, and more-recent genre films try the same thing. (One reason for this is that we’ve become inured to in-your-face slasher films, because the anticipation of the slasher doing his slashing has largely been eroded. But that’s a digression right there.

Basically, if zombie movies in general are your bag, you should love The Crazies. (If you don’t like any horror films regardless, there’s no way you should see this.) The Crazies is effectively scary, mixing human emotions with raw blood and gore and endless edge-of-your seat thrills.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min)
Budget 20000000
Revenue 54956140
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Adventure, Horror
Director Breck Eisner
Writer Scott Kosar, Ray Wright, George A. Romero
Actors Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker
Country United States, United Arab Emirates
Awards 11 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses, Arriflex 235, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses
Laboratory CineFilm Laboratory, Atlanta (GA), USA, Company 3, Los Angeles (CA), USA (digital intermediate), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length 2,761 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI), D-Cinema