Chastain. Strong. Bigelow. Protesting Hindu Radicals. What more do you want?
A prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World, The Thing should by all reasoning have been even more offensive than the thing you last picked from the sole of your shoe. In actual fact, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr’s film is an uninspired but grotesquely effective prelude to a genre classic. Or something.
On the surface lie beefy, partially-naked men and sweaty tangled limbs. But this fighting flick has a surprisingly emotional story to tell. Prepare to be plunged into the murky depths of tattered relationships, unforgiveable actions, and the heartbreaking consequences of lives misspent.
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