Sam popped the cork in this film!

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2007)

Never saw Derailed, cause I thought it looked forced, and rushed; a little fake and stereotypical; just big, dumb, boring, action bull crap, so I skipped it and did something else with my life, like sleep. After seeing 1408 I'm going to actually see Mikael Hafstrom's Derailed and Evil, cause obviously he's gotten a lot better. I couldn't imaging doing anything more or better to make this out-dated short story by Stephen King any better. I was fascinated by this film and watched it until the very end; their was applause in the theater. A well executed effort. I was tired just watching the movie.
John Cusack did the best job you could possibly do in this role; he was perfect, flawless. I kind of have a love hate relationship with John but this performance reminded why I love Mr Cusack. His fits of rage was masterfully executed; his affectionate emotional submission to 1408, when he just couldn't fight any longer was expressed immaculately. their is a lot of dimension John's acting in this film; he's not just smiling and acting cool all the time but giving us a very intimate and personal part of himself; seriously I can't tell when I've expressed such raw and natural emotions in my life.
But the MVP in this film has to go to Samuel L. Jackson. Sam popped the cork in this film. He was the pace setter; Jackson created so much tension in this film that almost everyone around me in the theater was giggling like a school girl, at the apprehension of what was about to take place in room 1408; his description of the entity in room 1408 was so original and 21st century that I don't thing their is another actor who would've conveyed such dread and fear as Sammy does.
I was spooked like a kid left in his room by himself for the first time; I wanted my mommy.
This movie was a great ride; easily charge 12 dollars a ticket.