The Crazies

THE CRAZIES (2010) - Feb. 27, 2010
A surprisingly well made film about a strange outbreak in a small town that turns people insane.  Well directed by Breck Eisner (and certainly a pretty huge step up from his debut film, Sahara) the movie wastes no time getting things into gear, and does a great job of ratcheting up the tension when it needs to and keeping up a really fast pace.  There were some pretty riveting sequences here, and all in all it was definitely an above average horror outing.  Also, Timothy Olyphant gives yet another really charismatic, compelling lead performance -- I don't get why the man isn't a bigger star (aside from his surprisingly ineffective role in Live Free or Die Hard, which I'm sure wasn't his fault).  ***1/2