The Crazies (2010)

Since Piranha is making it's official debut in the theaters today, I thought I would check out another remake before I see that and I picked the George Romero flick, "The Crazies". Now I'm usually skeptical about remakes because their either not as good or better than the original. We live in an age in Hollywood where remakes are the in thing and every body's doing it. I tip my hat to the guys that remade The Crazies because this was an excellent movie and it did not disappoint me but I think that's because I'm guilty of not seeing the original movie. Timothy Olyphant (Rock Star) does an excellent job as the sheriff of a small farm town in Iowa that is under some strange attack from the towns people going crazy and the government who is trying to destroy all of them. I think the movie is definitely worth checking out to see if he can lead himself and his wife (Played by Radha Mitchell), his Deputy (Played by Joe Anderson) and Becca (Played by Danielle Panabaker) to safety. I'll give this movie an A- for now until I see the original. The last point I want to make before I end this is that George Romero is an absolute genius because this movie along with 28 Days Later, and 28 Weeks Later make you think that the government can end up creating something so deadly that we end up crazy or like a zombie. Their only solution is to destroy and cover up the problem. Think about it, some food for thought while you watch this movie.