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The Dead Zone (1983)
He can
see the future. But can he escape it?
Director: David Cronenberg, rated R for language,
police violence
  Starring:
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom,
Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"I have had a vision
that I am going to be President of the United States someday.
And nobody, and I mean nobody is going to stop me!" -
Greg Stillson
Why watch this?
You'll like this faithful film version of the eerie Stephen King
novel.
Plot Summary: Based
on Stephen King's novel, the story follows a schoolteacher named
Johnny Smith who awakens from a five-year coma after a car
accident. Upon waking, he discovers he possesses the psychic
ability to see a person's future or past simply by touching
them. This newfound power, however, leads him to face
challenging moral dilemmas and potentially apocalyptic visions.
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Dad's Preview:
Christopher Walken, at his creepy best,
portrays of a man who acquires the ability to see people's
futures by simply touching them. He sees a mother's child
trapped in a fire, a car going over a railing into a river, a
man shot with a gun. All this is quite unnerving, and he's not
sure what to do with his new "gift". He understands that he's
experiencing the future... but, can he change certain outcomes?
I used to wish I had super-powers. After this thriller,
I am not so sure. There is a creepy vibe throughout, and
it's script is very intelligent. That elevates it about
run-of-the-mill supernatural films of that time. And
Walken? He's brilliant. |
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Dino De
Laurantiis Co.; Paramount Pictures
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