Rating of
1/4
Seen this before so many times.
Adict - wrote on 05/23/10
New takes on the zombie genre are always welcome, but you won't find any here. The Crazies opens with a Johnny Cash tune just like the remake of Dawn of the Dead. The zombie baddies that are labeled "crazies" by the military are the result of biological warfare, and we've seen this in films like 28 Days Later. It lacks the eerie set-up of the prior mentioned films as well, and while it sucks the political satire from the original it fails to refill it with anything. There are also tracking satellites ala Raccon City in the Resident Evil films. Is there a bigger baddie lurking, an Umbrella type corporation? Who knows, but this is obviously a non-original puzzle piece set-up for some straight to DVD sequels. You've seen this film.
