The Thing
2011 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.2 · 42% critics
A paleontologist travels to an isolated Antarctica outpost to investigate an extraordinary discovery, joining an international team that unearths something from beneath the ice. Their excitement turns to escalating fear as a mysterious being, able to mimic what it encounters, forces paranoia to spread and threatens to turn allies against each other.
Based on Who Goes There?
Also known as The Thing: The Beginning · La Chose · The Thing 2
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-10-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (3,224 votes)
- Box office
- $27,428,670
- Budget
- $38,000,000
About
If you want an isolated, paranoia-filled sci-fi horror prequel feel, you may like The Thing (2011); Not for you if you want a truly fresh take or top-tier practical creature effects, especially versus Event Horizon or 30 Days of Night.
Pros: strong paranoia; isolated Antarctica; tense team fear | Cons: too similar story; CGI monsters criticized; weaker compared to original
Themes
- based on novel or book
- paranoia
- research station
- alien life-form
- prequel
- survival
- antarctica
- survival horror
- blizzard
- duringcreditsstinger
- aggressive
- 1980s
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
as Kate Lloyd
Joel Edgerton
as Carter
Ulrich Thomsen
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
Eric Christian Olsen
as Adam Finch
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Jameson
Paul Braunstein
as Griggs
Trond Espen Seim
as Edvard Wolner
Kim Bubbs
as Juliette
Jørgen Langhelle
as Lars
Jan Gunnar Røise
as Olav
Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.