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As an insistent remake of the work of George A. Romero, possibly ‘The Crazies’ could harbour the misunderstanding that a development of new ideas, or even dialogue, could have saved Breck Eisner from becoming a director of credible worth.
Insulting reproach
Instead, ‘The Crazies’ strolls through its tenuous ninety-eight minutes with merely staggeringly original little to recommend it with. Considering the almost generated brilliance of George A. Romero’s zombie masterpieces, this is an almost insulting reproach to a genre that could have been vastly interesting and entertaining, although somewhat limited.
Director Breck Eisner seems to have a feature and well-filmed scope with an obvious flourishing budget, that develops in to an almost unintentionally dull movie, that is sadly lifting and borrowing rather than working with humour, the edge that Romero managed to direct so determinedly with.
Rather than the estimations of re-makes which American movie-making seems to be consistently recycling, it would be a sad day if any movie were remade again with the same uncaring level of blandness that ‘The Crazies’ has been covered with.
“Ineffectual and highly worthless total waste of time”
However, difficult to comprehend lesser talents that have produced ‘The Crazies’, it seems that limited by its fifteen certificate, this is an ineffectual and highly worthless total waste of time. If ‘The Crazies’ had been deliberate to merely reflect the reasonable and almost visionary approach of American cinema in the seventies of the last century, it would seem that it does indeed achieve this at least.
As the American film industry seems to be merely re-making and reaping praise from unlikely resources such as The Sun newspaper, ‘The Crazies’ director perhaps won’t have to wait too long before its re-made at east five more times. I won’t hold my breath in waiting.
