Coming out on October 14th is the remake of the 1982 sci-fi horror starring Kurt Russel, The Thing. The film introduces us to a recent discovery lodged in a ice shelf of Antarctica. Traveling across the globe to study this finding is the young graduate student Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Her skepticism about the creature is ignored by others at first, but they all soon realize that the discovery of the century will turn their expected fame into sure death.
Also starring in The Thing is Joel Edgerton as Sam Carter, Eric Christian Olsen as Adam Goodman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Derek Jameson, and Ulrich Thomson as Dr. Sander Halvorson. It seems to be a pretty good cast that will all most likely perish. In my opinion Edgerton (Warrior) will most likely steal the show and try to be the hero that wields a pick axe and torches that spider demon with a flame thrower. But where would Mr. Carter be with out his fox intellect Kate. This camp will definitely be a shit show, and it will probably start and end with the kick ass tandem of Edgerton and Winstead.
I can't see a movie that goes by the title The Thing to be any good. It was successful in the 80's because it introduced pretty cool special effects for that time. But this is 2011 and Hollywood has explored the sci-fi genre a ton, and we have seen a lot of special effects that make the alien species a believable movie prop. So it will take a lot to impress an audience enough to buy a ticket to see this movie. From the trailer it seems to lack an in depth plot. They discover an alien, it goes nuts and kills people by copying cells in their body, and either a few will survive or everyone will die. There is the sci-fi, horror, and whatever else you were looking for in the movie, all in the trailer.
Grade Prediction: F (51%)
Rating: R
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