a really good movie

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2002)

Having read Stephen King's short story when it was first published I never would have predicted it would be made into a movie. The movie adaptation is also alot more interesting than the original story, mainly because the characters are better developed and the story is livlier. This is one of the few movies that surpasses the book. The weakest point of this movie is the rather one-sided view of the penal system, even in the dated version of this story.