As usual, Hollywood did not show much originality with The Crazies, remake from the eponymous movie directed by George A. Romero in 1973. One must admit that the master of horror was not spared by the recycling frenzy made in USA: after remakes, prequel and 3D versions from his well-known zombie trilogy, filmmakers now dig in his less famous features so as to continue collecting money without too much straining…
This remake relates the story of the people from a small American village, who -under the effects of a virus- will suddenly bend mysteriously into an unexplainable amok. In the same vein as 28 days later, the infected Crazies is realised by Breck Eisner, staring Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell and Joe Reegan… Though the operation is once more questionable, we must reckon that until now the first pictures have been rather convincing…
A small Pennsylvania town is put on military lockdown after a bio-weapon infects the populace.