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Monday, November 21, 2011

(DVD REVIEW) The Thing (1982)

1982. What a wonderful year. Why? Two fantastic things came from 1982. One, the birth of yours truly. That's right folks. In January of 1982, God blessed you all with a late Christmas gift. Me. The second is actually a LONG list of great movies that came out that year. I mean, really, some classics. Rocky 3, E.T., Blade Runner, Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, and many others. Unfortunately it also brought us The Beastmaster and Grease 2....so it is not without its downside.

Plot: When a dog is chased, by a helicopter, to a nearby American Scientific Expedition outpost, the team at the outpost has questions. Unfortunately the person pursuing the dog begins to fire shots at the animal and into the camp. When the leader of the expedition team shoots the man, they assume that the chaos is over. What they don't know is that the "dog" is carrying a deadly secret that could kill them all...and spread to the rest of the world. When you are faced with a killer that can look like anyone and anything, who do you trust?

Thoughts? I watched this movie many years ago. I liked it then, but never really appreciated it. After watching again I realized that this movie has a lot going for it. It has some great suspense, FANTASTIC special effects (for the time and for them to be man made, not CGI) and Kurt Russell is rocking an awesome beard. I say go rent this if you ever have the chance.

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