Crazies, The is rated R: for bloody violence and language.

Release Date: 26 February 2010

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Synopsis:

A killer virus has broken out in the small town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. Yet it is not the resulting illness but the residents that are causing a mounting death toll. Now, a small handful of uninfected citizens (including those played by Radha Mitchell and Timothy Olyphant) must fight off their crazy neighbors. This movie is a remake of the 1973 George Romero horror movie, which has the same title.

Director: Breck Eisner

Cast: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker

Studio: 2010 Overture Films.

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This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Frequent and prolonged portrayals of graphic violence.
- Frequent disturbing scenes.
- Detailed gory and grotesque images.
- Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence (blood and detailed wounds depicted).
- Frequent detailed portrayals of gruesome corpses.
Sexual Content:
- Embracing and kissing.
Language:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context.
- Frequent use of scatological slang, cursing and profanity.
- Limited use of slurs.
Drugs and Alcohol:
- Tobacco use.

An alien disease has similar effects on the world’s population in The Invasion and I Am Legend.