Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.
DVD Release Date: September 19, 2000
Stats: 1,059 reviews
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November 11, 2009
I'm pretty sure this was the first Cronenberg movie I ever saw and I still have a soft spot for it, even if I'm now old enough to appreciate that the story is kind of flimsy and the director is flirting with the mainstream by watering down his trademark body horror. As usual, Cro...( read more)
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July 27, 2009
A schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) a survivor of a road accident awakes from a five-year coma to discover he has psychic abilities, which he gets visions of the past, present and the deadly future. And how he does it, is through the use of touch. But life has chang...( read more)
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April 17, 2009
One 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, 2009
Reading 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, 2009
has 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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November 16, 2009
Amazing in every sense of the word. Christopher Walken gave such a great performance and made Stephen King lines seem completely normal. It's such a great story and concept, fitting perfectly into the directing style of David Cronenberg. It has a very great tone to it, mystery th...( read more)
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October 30, 2009
Walken and Cronenburg team up to bring Stephen King's story of a tortured psychic to life.
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October 11, 2009
Stephen king book gets adapred again,film is looking a bit past its sell by date tho,but its still a good film....
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July 1, 2009
The 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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June 26, 2009
"psychic detective abilities"...i wasn't aware you could acrue detective abilities that way.
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