Second Poster for the Romero Remake 'The Crazies'

It could be just me, but The Crazies looks like it might be a pretty good 90 minutes of sci-fi/horror paranoia - scihorronoia, if you will. The trailers have worked, the first poster was good enough, and here's the new one Overture just sent over this morning. Click to see the whole enchilada. There are, of course, plenty of reasons to remain skeptical. First, most movies just aren't that good. We often overlook that. Beyond that, most remakes just aren't that good, as our readers often remind us. Director Breck Eisner has to prove himself here, because Sahara isn't something to hang your hat on. That is a lot to overcome, and we need to throw in there that trailers and posters are supposed to be convincing; their only job is to sell tickets, whether the actual movie is good or not. Now that we've established that, I'll repeat a few things I've said in favor of The Crazies. For starters, the story is ripe to be updated, and putting a new face on a 1970s George Romero flick made on a shoestring budget gives Eisner and company an opportunity to expand on the story and the visuals a little bit. I like Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell in the leading roles, as well. I had the same kind of vibe going into the Zack Snyder remake of Dawn of the Dead, and that turned out very well. So we'll see. It's not enough to just want to replicate someone else's previous accomplishment, but I'm board for now.