The Thing
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When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
What critics thought
Critics were largely disappointed by this prequel, finding it competent but too deferential to John Carpenter's 1982 film to justify its existence. The central debate was whether it works as a loving companion piece or simply exposes how much CGI creature effects pale beside the practical makeup of the original. A minority found genuine tension and atmosphere; the majority felt it rarely escapes the shadow it's standing in.
“It's full of chills and thrills and isolated Antarctic atmosphere and terrific Hieronymus Bosch creature effects, and if it winks genially at the plot twists of Carpenter's film, it never feels even a little like some kind of inside joke.”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon.com
“in our age of steady knockoffs, retreads, and loosely branded money grabs, The Thing stands out as a competent entertainment, capably executed if not particularly inspired.”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
“a subpar slasher movie tricked out with tired 'Ten Little Indians' tropes and rip-offs from both Carpenter and the Christian Nyby-Howard Hawks' 1951 version of the chilling tale that started it all, John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There?”
Kathleen Murphy·MSN Movies
“This incarnation of The Thing is much like the creature it depicts: An insidious, defective mimic of the real, er, thing. It's not an entirely lost cause, but it is a needless one.”
Jim Vejvoda·IGN Movies
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.Director
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadKate Lloyd
Joel EdgertonCarter
Ulrich ThomsenDr. Sander Halvorson
Eric Christian OlsenAdam Finch
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeJameson
Paul BraunsteinGriggs
Trond Espen SeimEdvard Wolner
Kim BubbsJuliette
Jørgen LanghelleLars
Jan Gunnar RøiseOlav
Stig Henrik HoffPeder
Kristofer HivjuJonas
Marco BeltramiComposer
Eric HeissererWriter
John W. Campbell Jr.Writer
Michel AbramowiczCinematographyThe Thing
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
What critics thought
Critics were largely disappointed by this prequel, finding it competent but too deferential to John Carpenter's 1982 film to justify its existence. The central debate was whether it works as a loving companion piece or simply exposes how much CGI creature effects pale beside the practical makeup of the original. A minority found genuine tension and atmosphere; the majority felt it rarely escapes the shadow it's standing in.
“It's full of chills and thrills and isolated Antarctic atmosphere and terrific Hieronymus Bosch creature effects, and if it winks genially at the plot twists of Carpenter's film, it never feels even a little like some kind of inside joke.”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon.com
“in our age of steady knockoffs, retreads, and loosely branded money grabs, The Thing stands out as a competent entertainment, capably executed if not particularly inspired.”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
“a subpar slasher movie tricked out with tired 'Ten Little Indians' tropes and rip-offs from both Carpenter and the Christian Nyby-Howard Hawks' 1951 version of the chilling tale that started it all, John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There?”
Kathleen Murphy·MSN Movies
“This incarnation of The Thing is much like the creature it depicts: An insidious, defective mimic of the real, er, thing. It's not an entirely lost cause, but it is a needless one.”
Jim Vejvoda·IGN Movies
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.DirectorMary Elizabeth WinsteadKate LloydJoel EdgertonCarterUlrich ThomsenDr. Sander HalvorsonEric Christian OlsenAdam FinchAdewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeJamesonPaul BraunsteinGriggsTrond Espen SeimEdvard WolnerKim BubbsJulietteJørgen LanghelleLarsJan Gunnar RøiseOlavStig Henrik HoffPederKristofer HivjuJonasMarco BeltramiComposerEric HeissererWriterJohn W. Campbell Jr.WriterMichel AbramowiczCinematographyStream
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