February 7, 2012 in Horror, Reviews, SciFi
1 1/2 Stars
The Thing starts off with a fantastic pre title sequence, full of tension, spectacle and a forbidding sense of isolation. It then proceeds to dissipate that great opening and is content to rest on its laurels for the rest of the way. It’s a lazy effort that is both overly familiar and boring for large stretches of its drawn out running-time. To be fair this isn’t a sequel or reboot to the John Carpenter film but yet a prequel. In actuality it most closely resembles an Alien film with a determined heroine stalking about strapped with a flame thrower. Featuring a nearly all Norwegian cast this is practically a foreign film, the characters aren’t defined clearly through the script and the cast of smiliar looking actors only adds to the confusion. Even Joel Edgerton, who was so magnetic in Warrior, is rendered ineffective and bland in this his second feature film.
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Tags: 2011, 30 days of night, adewale akinnuoye-agbaje, big trouble in little china, eric christian olsen, horror, joel edgerton, john carpenter, mary elizabeth winstead, matthijs van heijningen jr., paul braunstein, the thing, warrior, whiteout
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