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The Thing

The Thing
It's not human. Yet.
I wonder if it is male?...

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
CastMary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paul Braunstein
DirectorMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.
ScreenplayEric Heisserer, from a story by John W. Campbell Jr
MusicMarco Beltrami
CinematographyMichel Abramowicz
EditingPeter Boyle, Julian Clarke, Jono Griffith
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2011
Produced byMorgan Creek Productions, Strike Entertainment
SA DistributorNu Metro

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FPB Report (SA)
GenreHorror
LanguageModerate to strong, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceStrong to very strong, bloody, nightmarish, lengthy on occasions
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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Ratings
Scale (Max)20
International Media
Box Office (USA)James Rocchi 5
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs 8
Metacritic.com31 critics10
RottenTomatoes.com151 critics10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 7
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics 10
Movie Review Intelligence (USA)45 critics10
Internet (IMDB)21618 Netizens 13
Average .. 46%9


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