The Thing (Blu-ray) R
It's Not Human. Yet.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 29, 2019
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Ushe
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Joel Edgerton | |
Performer: | Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen & Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | |
Directed by | Matthijs Van Heijningen, Jr. | |
Edited by | Peter Boyle & Julian Clarke | |
Screenwriting by | Eric Heisserer & Ronald D. Moore | |
Composition by | Marco Beltrami | |
Cinematography by | Michel Abramowicz | |
Produced by | Marc Abraham & Eric Newman |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
Ultimately, the 2011 The Thing is an acceptable creature feature, but it's unlikely to be anybody's favorite thing, let alone considered the best possible Thing.
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Assignment X
Rating: 2/5 --
It's curious that a movie about a shape-shifting, person-imitating alien lifeform should itself feel like a mutant hybrid: half-prequel, half-remake, never sure which end to cosy up to.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Watching The Thing, I was absolutely stunned by its complete and utter lack of creativity.
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Film Threat
Rating: 2/5 --
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades.
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Time Out
3 stars out of 5 -- The build-up is cogent and measured....This is a rollicking Friday-night monster movie.
Total Film
Rating: 3/5 --
Nary an original bone in this monster's body, but effective nonethleless.
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Little White Lies
Rating: 2/4 --
I doubt that it will enjoy the same positive re-evaluation later on down the road that its predecessor enjoyed and will quickly fade into obscurity while Carpenter's endures.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Product Description:
An American paleontologist and a team of Norwegian scientists fight for their lives against a shape-shifting extraterrestrial that can perfectly mimic any living creature in this prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic. Upon receiving word that the Antarctic research team has unearthed an alien craft, paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins the group to explore what secrets the ship might hold. Though by Kate's estimation the creature inside the spaceship has been dead for centuries, it has actually just been lying dormant in the ice. Perfectly preserved, it has awaited the day when it would finally be freed from its frigid prison; now, after eons of lying in wait, that day has finally come. Suddenly revived during a crucial experiment, the malevolent alien begins methodically mimicking each member of the crew undetected. By the time Kate realizes the frightening implications of the creature's unique ability, it may already be too late. As paranoia among the crew begins to intensify, it's up to Kate and the crew's helicopter pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to make sure the extraterrestrial menace is exterminated before it has the opportunity to escape -- for, should it manage to make its way to a heavily populated area, humanity's days may be numbered. Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. makes his feature directorial debut from a script by Eric Heisserer and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's Ronald D. Moore.