Bot_feeder Been watching a lot of Cronenberg lately. Great director!My opinion of Stephen King is not quite as high, but this is a pretty good story.My litmus test came toward the end of the movie. I decided what I want is a clever twist at the very end, not the mundane ending that it appeared headed toward.It delivered.

agro_sydney One of my all time favorite films, Stephen King adaption, David Cronenberg film, Christopher Walken film and thriller. I first saw the Dead Zone at the cinema in Sydney in 1983 and was enthralled by this film. Christopher Walken is brilliant as John Smith in this thriller about a man who has an accident and comes out of a coma to find his life has changed and he has a "gift" to be able to see the future. An excellent support cast including Tom Skerritt, Nicholas Campbell, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams and Anthony Zerbe. Great atmosphere and photography. A break out performance for Canadian actor Nicholas Campbell. This is a very underrated film.

Smoreni Zmaj Written by Stephen King, directed by Cronenberg, starring Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen, music by Michael Kamen... this simply can not be bad movie. And it isn't. But it isn't specially good either. Story is entertaining and nicely told, acting and music are good, ending is distinctively Kings, but this really good movie lacks something to be great. I am not sure what genre it is, but I would say supernatural thriller, and for thriller this movie has serious lack of tension and anticipation. Emotionally it did not move me an inch. It does not make you smile, it does not make you cry, it does not force you to think, it does not scare you or keep you at the edge of the seat. Smart, entertaining, but not strong or deep enough for excellency.

jowl-38766 Although marketed as a "horror film", it is more a character study about loss, avoidance of life and the emotional turmoil that arises from a broken heart. (Plot Spoilers) The main character Johnny Smith, a young man who is employed as a school teacher with a girl friend he loves and is planning to have a family with, has a horrible accident that, after a long period in a coma, awakes; broken of body, without the work he enjoyed and the girl to whom he loved having moved on to marry and be family with someone else.(Plot Spoilers)In addition he is able to see events of the past, of current events and of a future that may be by touching another person. Yet each time this occurs, part of his "life energy" is drained away so he comes closer to dying as a result. And he is aware of this. in order to avoid this condition he moves away yet he is forced by circumstances to face life and his impending death.The major question: If you knew that you were dying, would you do nothing and live a long time Or would you be willing to die in order to save the lives of those you care about (a definition of love). In summary: a gem that is the most human of the films of David Chronenberg and the film adaptations of the works of Stephan King. The actors are believable, the soundtrack haunting. This film would be good for repeated viewing.