Review The Thing (2011)

[Doctor Omega]

The Thing (also known as The Thing: The Beginning or The Thing Awakens) is a 2011 science-fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and written by Eric Heisserer based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. It is a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, which was itself a remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film by Howard Hawks titled The Thing From Another World. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Eric Christian Olsen. They are part of a team of Norwegian and American scientists who discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica, realizing too late that it is still alive.

 

[Hux]

Still haven't seen it but The Thing was a natural candidate for a prequel given that we know the creature attacked the Norwegian camp first.

 

[alpha128]

Not as good as Carpenter's version, but both respectful and respectable. It even adds a nice touch to the mythos.