The Thing
(2011)
Overview
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
Director
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writers
Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.
Top Billed
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Reviews
John Chard
⭐ 7/10October 1, 2019
Hvem går det?
The Thing is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and adapted to screenplay by Eric Heisserer. It's based on the novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell and is a prequel to "John Carpenter's The Thing" from 1982. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Music is by Marco Beltrami and cinematography by Michel Abramowicz.
Antartica, 1982, and scien…
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Wuchak
⭐ 7/10September 18, 2023
**_More of the same with a female protagonist, but well done_**
An American paleontologist (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is recruited by a doctor and his assistant (Ulrich Thomsen and Eric Christian Olsen) to travel to a Norwegian base in Antarctica to examine a colossal craft buried under the ice and a nearby frozen specimen. They bring the latter into the base; big mistake.
“The Thing” (2011) is a prequel to the Kurt Russell movie from 29 ye…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$31,505,287