Very Uneven Movie

Rating: 4/10 (23 September 2009)

Although somewhat entertaining , I felt this movie lacked . A military experiment gone awry, but never explained. Did Mr. King have a brain hiccup? The movie based on a short story is something I have seen again and again. This was nothing more than a rehashed mid 60s sci fi movie, only done on a more simple level. It was too long a movie that left out many details . The movie sort of borrowed from 'The Lord of The Flies'. As time progressed you had the stranded in the store taking a side. Go with the evangelical lady , whose dialogue consisted of biblical quotes, or side with the seculars, who just want to escape from this horrible situation. I had no problem with these scenes that portrayed this. Furthermore this film was shockingly familiar to 'Maximum Overdrive', another Stephen King film based on a short story, that was done in the early 90s...Only the villain were machines, not mutants. From an originality standpoint this film lacked bigtime.