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Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins a Norwegian scientific team in Antarctica that has discovered an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, and an organism that seems to have died in the crash. When an experiment frees the alien, a shape-shifting creature with the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. Paranoia soon spreads like an epidemic as they're infected, one by one, and a thrilling race for survival begins...
The Thing is a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.
Special Features:
- Deleted/Extended Scenes
- 2 Phone Calls
- It's True
- Come In
- Over!
- That's Not Karl
- Colin
- Two-Heads
- Start The Helicopter Now
- The Thing Evolves
- Fire and Ice
- Feature Commentary with Director Matthijs Van Heijningen and Producer Eric Newman
- Universal Pictures
- 99 mins approx.
- Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
- 15
- Joel Edgerton
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Eric Christian Olsen
- English
- 2
- The Thing
- B
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Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins a Norwegian scientific team in Antarctica that has discovered an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, and an organism that seems to have died in the crash. When an experiment frees the alien, a shape-shifting creature with the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. Paranoia soon spreads like an epidemic as they're infected, one by one, and a thrilling race for survival begins...
The Thing is a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.
Special Features:
- Deleted/Extended Scenes
- 2 Phone Calls
- It's True
- Come In
- Over!
- That's Not Karl
- Colin
- Two-Heads
- Start The Helicopter Now
- The Thing Evolves
- Fire and Ice
- Feature Commentary with Director Matthijs Van Heijningen and Producer Eric Newman
- Universal Pictures
- 99 mins approx.
- Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
- 15
- Joel Edgerton
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Eric Christian Olsen
- English
- 2
- The Thing
- B
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The Thing
The Thing is a great film, almost as great as the 1980's version. Better effects (of course) and lots of horror! Best price and very fast delivery.
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The Thing (Includes Digital Copy)
I am a huge fan of John Carpenter's original "Thing" and I was doubtful of the remake/prequel when it was first announced. However, on first viewing I was pleasantly surprised at how good a job they had made of it. It's true that the CGI is coloured and lit a little incorrectly in darker scenes, and that draws unecessary attention to it. That said, the digital design of the new CGI creatures is great, and pays nice attention to detail. I highly recommend this, as it's a decent stab at a prequel to the classic horror film, that doesn't upset the memories of the original.
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The Thing (Includes Digital Copy)
I'm a big fan of the 1982 Kurt Russell "The Thing". Great story, great tension and paranoia - great acting. I was very keen to see this prequel, and it's got the story right, which matches up to the 1982 film, and the effects are really good, but this prequel lacks the tension and ongoing sense of paranoia the original had. Once they realise the alien could be one of them, there is only about 15 minutes of paranoia, plus, the characters in this are quite bland. Overall, it's an aright film, but it doesn't do the original justice.
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