The Thing
It's not human. Yet.
This week's third 'back to the past' also calls back the early 1980s with a prequel to John Carpenter's identically titled offering. Set in the Antarctic, a group of scientists discover a 100,000 year old spaceship with a sole occupant. Once thawed out, the occupant miraculously returns to life, and soon displays a neat trick: it can assume the shape, voice and memories of any person it touches. As a mysterious illness starts killing off the crew, they need to figure out who is human and who is not, before they all die.
102 minutes, No persons under 18 (Language, Violence) Detective/Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller.
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Credits
Cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paul Braunstein
Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Screenplay Eric Heisserer, from a story by John W. Campbell Jr Music Marco Beltrami Cinematography Michel Abramowicz Editing Peter Boyle, Julian Clarke, Jono Griffith Sound formats Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS Soundtrack Available Made in 2011
Produced by Morgan Creek Productions, Strike Entertainment SA Distributor Nu Metro
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FPB Report (SA)
Genre Horror
Language Moderate to strong, infrequent
Nudity None
Sex None
Violence Strong to very strong, bloody, nightmarish, lengthy on occasions
Prejudice None
Blasphemy None
Drug abuse None
Comments None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore / Gross Guns / Weapons Profanity
Alcohol / Drugs Smoking Disrespectful / Bad Attitude Imitative Behaviour Frightening / Tense Scenes Jump Scenes Tense Family Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Topics to talk about
Ratings
Scale (Max) 20
International Media Box Office (USA) James Rocchi 5
ScreenIt (USA) C. Fuchs 8
Metacritic.com 31 critics 10
RottenTomatoes.com 151 critics 10
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 7
Movie Review Query Engine (USA) MRQE critics 10
Movie Review Intelligence (USA) 45 critics 10
Internet (IMDB) 21618 Netizens 13
Average .. 46% 9
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