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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 26, 2007
Pros: A surprisingly subtle Cronenberg, fine cast, good script
Cons: None
Summary: Ever since Stephen King’s Carrie was adapted as a film by Brian De Palma in 1976, most of the novelist’s major novels, novellas, and some of his short stories have been turned into movies for theatrical release or made-for-TV miniseries; ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2012
Pros: Performances, script, music score
Cons: Colleen Dewhurst
Summary: Christopher Walken stars as a schoolteacher who gets into a car wreck and wakes from a coma to find five years have passed, and his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) has moved on. After leaving the care of doctor Herbert Lom, Walken (who still has lingering ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 11, 2010
Pros: King, Cronenberg, and Walken
Cons: Martin Sheen
Summary: BackgroundStephen King, without a doubt, is the foremost contemporary horror writer in America, perhaps the world. He can be downright scary. His impact on horror cinema, however, is curiously limited. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2008
Pros: Fine performances all around, solid direction, plotting and atmosphere.
Cons: Some rather gimmicky transitions in an otherwise gripping story.
Summary: " lsquo;Bless me ' Do you know what God did for me He threw an 18-wheeled truck at me and bounced me into nowhere for five years! When I woke up, my girl was gone, my job was gone, my legs are just about useless...Blessed me God's been a real sport to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 8, 2008
Pros: Walken, some fairly good performances from the supporting cast
Cons: Pretty tame for an adaptation of a Steven King novel, no mystery, no suspense
Summary: Teacher "Johnny Smith's" (Christopher Walken) life is perfect. He loves his job, and loves his co-worker/girlfriend "Sarah" (Brooke Adams). However, he gets involved in an accident which puts him in a coma. Five years later, "Smith" wakes in the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 27, 2008
Pros: Walken; Sheen; engaging story; thrills
Cons: crazy ending
Summary: Before enjoying director David Cronenberg’s 2007 film Eastern Promises, I watched the equally enjoyable, but more flawed, 1983 film The Dead Zone that he also directed. Some of you may actually prefer it over the more recent film because, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2005
Pros: Christopher Walken was born to play this role, which later became a gag on SNL.
Cons: episodic story, lack of peril for a thriller
Summary: I feel like I'm standing on holy ground, like the face of Christopher Walken is going to give me that dead-fish look if I don't tow the line. Ah, Hell. Here I go. The Dead Zone is a 1983 supernatural thriller about a guy who gets hammered by a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 7, 2004
Pros: Walken does a spectacular job and the film is way creepier than the book.
Cons: Modern movie audiences would probably fall asleep, due to the lack of explosions and CGI's.
Summary: There are spoilers in these here hills. The movie is over twenty years old, so I think it's safe to say that everybody who wanted to see "The Dead Zone" has long since had the opportunity. Adapting Stephen King's books to the big screen is a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2003
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Summary: Christopher Walken plays John Smith, a man who has everything. He has a beautiful girlfriend. He also has a job as an English teacher. He’s doing all right until one night, after dropping his girlfriend off at her house, he gets in an accident. He ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2002
Pros: Chirstopher Walken; some suspenseful jolts; well-laid sub-plots
Cons: Some weak direction; no focus in story
Summary: There is a moment in David Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone” (1983) that confirms why this is one of the only Stephen King adaptations that’s reasonably good. As a supposed psychic is putting his abilities to good use at a fresh crime scene, a sheriff hands ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 27, 2002
Pros: Martin Sheen just swarmy enough as a politician.
Cons: I didn't care for Walken's performance. Too "dead"
Summary: My first husband rented this movie when it first came out on video (mid-80s) and I hadn't seen it again until this past weekend when it was on one of the cable channels. Actually, it was the only "game in town" so to speak (meaning nothing else was on ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 31, 2001
Pros: Great adaption to a great book. Christopher Walken rocks!
Cons: There are none.
Summary: Christopher Walken makes this movie great. Although it isn't his usual tough-guy character, he portrays Johnny Smith very well. I can't think of anyone who would have done a better job. Martin Sheen plays a believable bad guy which is somewhat unusual ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2000
Pros: Gripping from start to finish
Cons: Dated--who cares?
Summary: A mature, pensive thriller, The Dead Zone reminds us that the world keeps turning after our deaths; David Cronenberg communicates this verity--rather, the isolationism such a realization inspires--before a single line of dialogue is even uttered, through ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: Walken's performance is brilliant, story is very intelligent, very close to King's work
Cons: it drags a little here and there, but not enough to keep it from being engrossing viewing.
Summary: This write off is a momentous occasion for me. This marks my 100th review here at Epinions, so I want to thank Memento-Mori (and wish him a Happy Birthday!) for inviting me. I was struggling to think of something worthwhile for my 100th, and he gave me ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: Christopher Walken, Interesting pieces of story
Cons: Sometimes felt disjointed, Mean girlfriend character
Summary: Welcome to the Dead Zone Write-Off! In honor of my sweetheart, Memento-Mori’s, birthday, we’re reviewing David Cronenberg’s Film adaptation of Steven King’s Dead Zone. Please check out the amazing writers involved in this write off: ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: Fantastic direction from Cronenberg coupled with a fantastic performance from Walken make this a classic.
Cons: too minor to mention
Summary: The Dead Zone: Lorimar Films/ Paramount Home Video
Rating: USA: R/ UK: 18/ Australia: M
Author’s Note: Yeah, yet another write-off—this one put together by Memento-Mori, Epinions’ resident ‘eater of worlds’ to celebrate ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: Walken is brilliant in this remarkable adaptation of Stephen King's book
Cons: A bit disjointed, may put off those expecting Cronenberg's gooey FX-heavy movies
Summary: Today is my 28th birthday and to celebrate I am hosting the Dead Zone Write-off. Please be sure to check out my fellow Dead Zoners: Brundledan, RFR, Knix, Mangiotto, Megasoul, Pyallen, Mike_Bracken, DrLolipop and Psychovant.
David ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 6, 2000
Pros: Walken and Sheen, good plot and acting
Cons: Don't watch soon after reading the book.
Summary: I saw the Dead Zone years ago, when it first came out on video tape, and I loathed it. I can't remember why I loathed it, but I did. It's quite possible that I read the book just prior to seeing the movie, and the movie fell far short of the book. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2000
Pros: Fine performances by Skerrit and Sheen; and especially Walken. Quite possibly the best King adaptation on the big screen (in this genre).
Cons: Definitely worthy of better adaptation; mini-series perhaps. Kings books contain too many details to be done justice in a couple of hours!
Summary: The premise of Dead Zone is solid... and deserving of a much longer movie... but we play with the hand we're dealt. Actually, that is the underlying theme OF this movie...
Christopher Walken plays Johnny Smith, a timid and idealistic young ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2000
Pros: Great Story
Cons: Every Book loses something in translation
Summary: The Dead Zone puts forth such a wonderful premise, what would it be like to touch someone and see things that will happen in the future to them or someone close to them? Of course, that would suck if you only saw the horrible things, like their daughter ... read more
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The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg (Scanners, The Fly) and produced by Debra Hill (Halloween, The Fog). S...
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Christopher Walken wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing...
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