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While it loses the charm of Romero's low-budget clunkiness, it is in all other regards superior.
The incoherence is made all the more disappointing because Eisner displays a great deal of raw talent for the genre's tone and set pieces.
It's kind of crazy, but it's also pretty smart. And if your nervous system can stand it, you should see it.
The blood is certainly convincing these days, but it generally flows only in the safest and most inoffensive, uncontroversial directions.
It devolves to simple run-and-hide cliches, usually accompanied by jarring musical jolts.
Don't be afraid of the horror remake stigma here; be afraid of The Crazies' constant, electric hum of dread.
Without giving a lot away, you'll be creeped a handful of times.
It doesn't stray that far from its conventional horror roots but what it does, it does ... adequately. Which, if we're honest, is a lot more than you expect out of something called The Crazies.
Without any palpable sense of terror or political subtext, the film is analogous to its not-exactly-zombie townsfolk who stagger about purposefully but blankly.
Possibly worth watching for a bit of a laugh if you're a fan of Romero, or horror generally, but it's nothing that'll be remembered for long after you leave the theatre.
A goofy but entertaining and creepy horror film...
This remake may have more choppers and exploding cars than George Romero could afford, but it also shares some of his fiendish ingenuity.
Remake of the George Romero film features Timothy Olyphant as the sheriff of a peaceful small town where things begin to go horribly awry. Meh.
A fairly slickly made mid-level thriller of tickled paranoia, elevated by the emotional investment of all of its principal players.
Excellent performances, a smart script, and direction from Eisner that understands both the terror and the absurdity of the situation makes for a horror film that works on every level
George A. Romero has disowned this film, but has he even seen it? In style and gravitas, Breck Eisner's stylishly heart-pounding vision walks circles around Survival of the Dead.
A lunatic epidemic yarn that impressively delivers murder with a message, a homicidal car wash, a steakhouse with human barbecue, mass extermination just in case, and local shrinks in short supply. Off meds with George Romero, pass the strait jacket.
I recommend the film by itself, but what really pushes it over the edge from renting to buying is the wealth of info in the DVD extras.
"A more direct shot of scares, gussied up with overtly slick filmmaking that spends more time on technical challenges than it does lacing together a consistently nail-biting motion picture."
Acted and executed competently enough, but doesn't take the premise anywhere fresh.
Able diversion that never quite transcends the mechanics of its genre trappings.
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