The Crazies

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The zombie/infected genre is like an iceberg: a few really good, well-known ones at the top, but underneath the surface an enormous amount of junk. This is about my 80th such film, so I have seen a few. I make allowances for small budgets, indie attempts, etc. You have to. There are some decent small-budget films out there, though even these are sometimes trashed by people who expect basic Hollywood production standards every time. But the great number of these films are pretty bad to awful. Something about the genre draws the worst of filmmakers and of course a few just out to make a quick buck with a popular subject. it may be the simplicity of the concept. You have zombies: pick slow or fast (usually infected) - add a few survivors, you've got a movie. Except usually you don't. To find one this good is against all odds.For one thing the film was given a decent budget. It looks like a professional film. It has professional actors, camera work, editing, soundtrack, special effects and direction. As popular as the genre is, you'd think something as basic as giving it a decent budget would be a no-brainer, but this is where most of them fall down. The Crazies was budgeted with a healthy 20 million and made 40 million. See Hollywood? if you make something good people will come to see it; make junk and it's direct to DVD, streaming or YouTube. This was a remake of the early 70's George Romero film that practically no one saw. He was too ahead of his time and couldn't get proper financing. The resulting film was undone by its low budget, amateur acting and cheap production. Nevertheless, romero invented the fast, infected "zombie" thirty years before 28 Days Later (1972 vs 2002), though it was 28 Days that really put it before the public and popularized it because lots of people actually saw it. This film is pretty true to many of the concepts of the first film and is not just a title rip off. (In fact, George A. Romero is listed as an Executive Producer, which means he didn't really do anything, but gets a cut of the money).I'm going to mention a few plot points here, but these are shown very near the beginning of the film, so I don't consider them Spoilers> However if you don't want to know anything, do not read on. Like the original film, the infection is local and not a worldwide epidemic. It is likewise spread in the same way. The "Crazies" themselves are not the howling monsters of the 28 Days type. The infection comes on gradually, so at first there are no physical symptoms, but instead an increasing anger which makes anyone who seems on edge suspect, and in this situation that's about everybody. These infected retain a certain amount of their human characteristics. They have basic logic, they can work together in groups, use tools and weapons and even talk somewhat. As the disease increases they show physical symptoms and are more like rabid animals. All of that follows the original.A pastoral vision of small town America, cornfields and Baseball in rural Iowa nicely begins the film. The action commences pretty quickly. Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell and Joe Anderson are the principal actors and all are convincing in their roles. This is an action film so there's no time for deep character development, but you do feel they know and care for each other. The minor characters are well acted, too. The plot is what you would expect - there's only so much you can do with the scenario - but things happen fast and there's one scare or tense scene after another and two truly memorable ones. There nicely is no big villain, just human incompetence behind it all. There are no lame attempts at humor or irony; it's all done for real. Once it gets going it sustains its pace.i don't know how i missed this one for so long, but I'm glad I found it. If there were only more like this.

Great movie!!

THE CRAZIES is not a great film, nor will it likely even enter the "Hall Of Fame" of zombie-type movies. However, it is a tight, well-constructed and reasonably well-acted thriller that is more than worthy of a look.In the small mid-western town of Ogden's Marsh, high school baseball season is just getting started. Everyone in town is there to size up the quality of this year's team...and frankly, life just couldn't get any finer. In less than 2 minutes, we get learn all we need to know about this little town...we see that it's a town where everyone knows everyone. Everyone has a place and is contented. Life is simple but satisfying. But when a glassy-eyed farmer with a shotgun wanders onto the field of play (actually, he has what might be described as a zombie-like stare), the sheriff (played at a perfect pitch by Timothy Olyphant) tried to talk him out of his weapon. Their brief, tense confrontation ends in the death of the farmer...and the town is rattled. Things quickly escalate as more and more citizens begin acting weird, violent and yes, CRAZY.It isn't quite a zombie movie...no dead person is coming back to life. In fact, it's more a cousin to 28 DAYS LATER, where the zombies were really just people infected with rage. But whatever the case, we essentially see the very quick collapse of this little society...especially when the government quarantines them and begins to separate the sick from the well.The movie takes a fairly predictable path from here...there's not really much we haven't seen before (although the film does feature the scariest journey through an automatic carwash that we've ever seen). But there is seldom much in the way of the truly new in this genre...it's all in the execution. If the film is constructed well enough, we don't pay quite so much attention to some of the plot holes (or if not holes, at least areas the stretch credibility, even if we accept the initial premise). THE CRAZIES is well-constructed, and uses its modest budget well. It doesn't attempt anything it can't pull off well, so there aren't lots of cheesy effects. It assembles a small core of characters, and makes us care about them just enough to draw our sympathy at their plight.The central relationship is between sheriff Olyphant and his wife, the town doctor, played by Radha Mitchell. They are a couple that has clearly been together for awhile, and there are no big histrionics between them. They feel like a couple that has a natural ease between each other, and even when pushed to extremes, there's never any doubt that they're comfortable. This reflects the overall ease of the movie...it doesn't push too hard. Olyphant and Mitchell feel more like a married couple that is comfortably at ease with each other...not the typical movie couple who always have to find a way to tear each other's clothes off and fool around, even as the world collapses around them. I liked that...and it made me really root for them.In many ways, the most interesting relationship is between Olyphant and his deputy, played by Joe Anderson (ACROSS THE UNIVERSE). Their interplay, the casual deference of the deputy for his boss, their unshakeable sense of duty all feel natural. These are good guys...but in quiet, unassuming ways. They just do what they feel is right, even if they're really scared. The movie is not showy about them...it's not like their Mel Gibson & Danny Glover in LETHAL WEAPON...they're just a couple of small town law enforcement officers who wear their badges not only with pride but with an instinctive understanding that they have RESPONSIBILITY as well.The movie has scares aplenty, and lots of tense scenes. There's a great scene in the latter half when the couple is confronted by a couple of crazies in their own bedroom...we've got four people basically clawing and scratching at each other in a tiny room, and it's maddening to watch.It's nice to see a good, honest little film that knows its business, but takes the time to get enough little details right to make it just a bit more than ordinary. If you're in the mood for a few jump-in-your-seat moments, you could do far, far worse than THE CRAZIES.

Was skeptical about buying the movie but overall after watching it I was very well pleased. Had some bloody scenes in it along with some action. Well worth the money !

正確にはゾンビではないですが、これはこれで楽しめました。展開もリアルで、緊張感があって良かったです。『クレイジーズ42日後』とは関係ありません。

No puedo opinar si es un buen remake de la cinta homónima de 1973 ya que no la he visto, pero lo he si puedo decir de esta cinta es que es una cinta de buena manufactura, las actuaciones son muy buenas, los efectos, la historia, los sustos. No cae en cinta cliché de zombies, Radha Mitchel es siempre agradable verla en cintas de terror, aquí no es la excepción. Timothy Oliphant está genial como el sheriff y hace buena mancuerna con Radha. George A. Romero el director de la original aquí produce, y creo que cuido cada detalle porque está bien hecha. Muy recomendable.Él bluRay tiene idioma en inglés y subtítulos en inglés y español, tiene muchos material extra: audio comentario del director, detrás de cámaras con el director, detrás de cámaras 'paranormal pandemics', detrás de cámaras con George A. Romero, detrás de cámaras del maquillaje, cómic de The Crazies episodios 1&2, detrás de cámaras de los efectos y storyboards de cómo se filmaron algunas escenas.

Una película de terror de la américa profunda que me encanta tener en formato bluray.Muy satisfecho con la compra y con su precio.

Una película interesante. Calidad Blu-Ray. Envio rápido.