Release Date
October 14, 2011
DVD Release Date
January 31, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Matthijs van Heijningen
Writer
Ronald D. Moore, Eric Heisserer
Cast
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Jonathan Lloyd Walker, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Studio
Running Time
103 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and languag
Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
When is a remake not really a remake? It isn't quite clear what The Thing is. Like the alien, which isn't human but can mimic every aspect of the people it consumes, the movie is technically and literally a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic, but it shares the same time title, plotting and setting. It is, in essence, a remake that was smart enough not to be a remake. Full movie review »
