Product: The Dead Zone [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
Impressive remastered edition of a very impressive movie
You don't have to appreciate Stephen King's works to like this great movie based on one of King's better stories. Not only the outstanding performances of the main and supporting cast makes The Dead Zone a standout on it's own, the fine direction, camerawork, editing and atmosphere makes it all worth the while, also.From the first few minutes after the beautiful opening sequence in which the title becomes visible piece by piece, you could be amazed by the honest and close to real life acting qualities of Christopher Walken. Further on in the movie, the other performances are as believable as his and I think this makes TDZ again, a great movie.Still, you will have to see yourself it to make your own observations and get to your own opinion on that.If you did see TDZ years ago when it came out, liked it, and want to buy a copy on DVD (again, maybe), than this is the version you'd want. The extra's are fine and nice to have, but: the picture quality as well as the sound quality are greatly improved. I should emphasise on 'improved' because it's a major enhancement.It looks like it was put on disc yesterday - that is, with today's technologies and mastering equipment just after it was shot on, almost, high definition camera equipment.The picture quality is really very impressive and the sound stage is like you're there. It is all that you could want for, especially with a movie of this age. Get it and enjoy, like I did. Highly recommended.