The Dead Zone
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.
DVD Released: September 19, 2000
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April 17, 2009One of the best Stephen King movies. One of Cronenberg's best movies. Both Walken and Sheen giving two of their finest performances. The Dead Zone is a simple idea that has been complicated. Walken is a man who can get glimpses of the past and the future by touching people. This ... ...( read more )
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March 2, 2009Reading Stephen King's work to me is just like watching paint dry in a Midwestern state and for the most part, the film adaptations of his work resemble that sentiment even more so. But David Cronenberg's adaptation kind of had me curious and I haven't seen The Dead Zone (or the ... ...( read more )
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February 15, 2009has a really very eerie sense to it and christopher walken is always a strong actor to watch. cronenberg is more often than not a good director. adapted from a stephen king story of which i'm sure the book is probably better. it was a tad slow but engendered all the chilling atmo... ...( read more )
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December 26, 2008Chistopher Walken plays Johnny Smiths character almost to perfection in this 1983 film adaptation of Stephen King's The Dead Zone. However, like most film adaptations of books, the imagination and the amount of information the reader has about the story will always surpass book-b... ...( read more )
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September 17, 2008My new favorite "office supply plunged into someones face" scene of 2008
1) The Dead Zone
2) Dark Knight
3) The Furies
This was back in the day when Walken was still an actor, before...whatever it is that happened. -
July 1, 2009The plot is interesting and it has a really good cast. It has suspense, solid direction. Stephen King rarely gets a good adaptation to a movie, this is an exception.
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April 18, 2008it's been so long since I've seen it
I'll make sure I pay attention
to the music next time -
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