The Crazies is a science fiction/horror/thriller film that is a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film of the same name. David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens.
One day, citizen Rory Hamill comes to a school baseball game ready to kill with a loaded shotgun, and is shot and killed by Dutton when he doesn't surrender.
Another man, Bill Farnum, burns down his own house after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside and is arrested for arson and family murder. Within ...