![]() ![]() Much like Carpenter’s classic The Thing, Heijningen’s The Thing wasn’t exactly kindly received. ![]() Sander Halvorson (Ulrich Thomsen) moves fast to discover what this being is, but when the ice thaws and the beast wakes up, a simple science expedition becomes a deadly fight for survival. The expedition led by the head-strong Dr. When they uncover the most important find in the history of man, they call in top paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) to help identify a creature of unknown origin. Nothing should be living out there… at least not anything human. To be fair there are some smart pieces to this film with strong performances from the cast and it dovetails into the 1982 original, but there’s some measure of authenticity missing.įor this The Thing, a team of Norwegian researchers is tracking down a strange radio signal emanating far out in the middle of barren Antarctic ice. delivers an interesting and fairly entertaining prequel that is unfortunately undermined by too much source familiarity and rushed CGI work. Almost thirty years after John Carpenter unleashed his beast The Thing, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. You can’t keep a good gory shape-shifting creature buried in the ice for long. ![]()
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