Product: The Dead Zone [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
A spectacular movie adaptation of a Stephen King novel!
Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) has it all, a good job, his youth and a beautiful girlfriend. He loses it one night when he meets a semi-truck in a horrific accident. He is thrown into a coma for five years and miraculously he awakens. The medical staff at the nursing home he is in is stunned as no one expected him to ever recover. He soon finds that he has lost his former life and he is struggling to recover from the injuries and physical deterioration he experienced while in the coma.He discovers that he has a new and unexpected gift, a physic power that allows him to see visions of the past, present and future. While his power can be helpful it is also a burden and a drain on his life force to use it. He often has horrific visions obtained by simply touching someone and must live through them and try to help those that he can. He seeks isolation from others but he is put into a strange situation. What if you could change the future and save the world from destruction....This is one of the best movie renditions of a Stephen King book. It features an all-star cast that performs with some great acting in playing their roles in this movie. This is one of the movies that is released that is as good as or better than the book that it is based on. This is just a spooky tale of a man trapped into making a decision to save the world. It is a great movie and if you like Stephen King stories it is a must see movie. I strongly recommend this to you!