The Thing

The Thing

Rating 5 out of 10

I saw the original movie back in the 80s.  Actually that movie was a remake of another The Thing back in the 60s.  I liked the 80s version with Kurt Russell.  This Thing is actually a prequel.

In the frozen arctic an expedition has found a frozen alien and they bring in lovely Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) as a paleontologist to figure out what it really is.  Problem is when it is thawed from the ice it comes back to life and bad things happen. To make things worse they are in the middle of nowhere and of course that big snow storm is coming in to ground helicopters and communications are down.

The movie builds suspense and makes you care about the stars even if you can't remember what other movies that have been in.  Action is pretty good.  This will make a good rental at some point in the near future.