Breck Eisner delivers a really very good remake of George A Romero’s The Crazies.
Ron explains just why it works so well…
Have you ever had meatloaf?
Or any sort of loaf-based food that isnt bread?
First, you grind up the leftovers fromThe Crazies, original version.
Bake for 101 minutes at 2:35:1 aspect ratio, serves $16.5 million US box office.
Theres very little thats original aboutThe Crazies, but what is there is well done.
Very well done, in fact.
Hes as much a natural sheriff as Bruce Willis is a born-again police detective.
Its not wickedly smart, but its not dumb, either.
Which, I guess by horror movie remake standards, makes it smart by default.
To describe a film as competent is kind of damning it with faint praise, but thats whatThe Craziesis.
US correspondent Ron Hogan generally does not drink tap water, if it can be helped.
Not that a filter will stop anything other than the taste of old pipes.
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Rating:
4 out of 5
