“The
Dead Zone” is a horror thriller, screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on the Novel
by Stephen King and Directed by David Cronenberg.
When
a survivor from a road accident awakes from a coma after five years,
schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) discovers he has psychic
abilities, when he touches someone, he gets visions of the past, present or the
deadly future.
However
after five years he finds life has moved on without him, his girlfriend Sarah
Bracknell (Brooke Adams) is now married; he no longer has a job and he's
basically crippled due to his muscles having atrophied.
So
he struggles to find his place in the world, but along the way he does use his
abilities to help Sheriff Bannerman (Tom Skerritt) solve a murder case.
He
then helps to save a child's life but when he discovers the chilling fate for
the world, he must save everyone from an evilly corrupt presidential hopeful
Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) but at what cost.
Character
stalwarts, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe and Colleen Dewhurst provide excellent
support to the stars in the gripping movie.
No comments:
Post a Comment