The Dead Zone (2002) (V)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers:

Stephen King (novel)
Michael Piller (creator) ...

Release Date:

5 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures.

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Serial Killer | Psychic | Car Accident | Extrasensory Perception

Cast

Anthony Michael Hall	...	Johnny Smith
Nicole de Boer	...	Sarah Bracknell Bannerman
Chris Bruno	...	Sheriff Walt Bannerman
John L. Adams	...	Bruce Lewis
Rick Tae	...	Dr. Tran, Ph.D.
Kristen Dalton	...	Dana Bright
Anna Hagan	...	Vera Smith
Gina Chiarelli	...	Nurse Elaine MacGowan
Michael Rogers	...	Frank Dodd
David Ogden Stiers	...	Reverend Eugene 'Gene' Purdy
Emily Holmes	...	Allison
John Hainsworth	...	Barker #1
Campbell Lane	...	Barker #2
Justin Stillwell	...	Boy Student
Kenya Jo Kennedy	...	Maggie MacGowan

MPAA:

Rated R for a sexual reference.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:R

Trivia:

The DVD has an alternate ending in which the final battle takes place in a forest, along with an introduction by Shawn Piller about why the new ending was used.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where they discovered the body at the windmill, Johnny and Bruce walk past a police car with its roof emergency lights on. When the scene switches to a different camera, the emergency lights of the police car are off.

Movie Connections:

References "Rugrats" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Sleepwalk

fast paced,but doesn't seem like it till it's over

this is the complete pilot episode for the TV show of the same name.it's surprisingly very entertaining.it's from the novel by Stephen King,and directed by Robert Lieberman.it's very tautly directed and well acted,especially by Anthony Michael Hall,who is the lead character.i liked his character a lot.he was sympathetic and likable.this is one of the better Stephen King adaptations.it isn't necessarily original,but i liked what they did with the material.it doesn't seem fast paced while you're watching it,but it's over before you know it.it is only 87 minutes,but it doesn't feel incomplete at all.the ending is ambiguous,but obviously there are more episodes in the series.for me,The Dead Zone is an 8/10