Movie Review - The Thing

Casting Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Lloyd, Joel Edgerton as Braxton Carter, Ulrich Thomsen as Dr. Sander Halvorson and many others. 
Story: At a remote base in Antarctica, a group of Norwegian scientists have discovered a spacecraft frozen in the ice, as well as an unknown creature they think to be an alien. They call upon an American paleontologist Kate Llloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) to help them figure out what it is, but when the creature escapes its ice encasement, members of the base start dying or disappearing but others just don't seem to be themselves.
Analysis: It may not be as novel as the Carpenter original and ultimately, not as memorable, but Van Heijningen does a fine job recreating the look and tone of Carpenter's film, and there's enough alien-infested craziness to keep this prequel entertaining.