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2002 Certificate 12
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Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly engaged to Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's .. Read more

Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams
Genres Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television

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Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly engaged to Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's life is nearly perfect… until a near-fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma.

Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 9 hrs 7 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 30 Jan 2006
Production year: 2002
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    Rated - 3 stars

    Not as thought provoking as the film

    There's an episodic quality to Stephen King's novel, The Dead Zone. Thought-tormented psychic Johnny Smith awakens from a six-year coma, discovering he has the gift of second sight. Unable to reconnect with his previous life, having lost his soul mate Sarah Bracknell to another man, he attempts to find a way for himself in this strange new world. Along the way, he uses his powers to help a sensitive doctor find his lost mother and assists the town sheriff in tracking down a serial killer. His visions enable him to save a young boy from drowning and, ultimately, to thwart a diabolical politician from starting World War Three. Though it's one of King's thankfully shorter books, there's enough material there to justify a television series. But how does one compete when the material has already been adapted to perfection? David Cronenberg's 1983 film told Johnny Smith's haunting narrative with empathy, economy, and thoughtfulness. An improvement on the novel, Cronenberg tapped into Smith's psychic pain through one of Christopher Walken's finest and most sensitive performances. With television being what it is, this made-for-TV Dead Zone series becomes necessarily simplified and diluted. Amazing, considering the first season comprises almost 780 minutes and can't summon up the depth of Cronenberg's 103 minutes. But The Dead Zone can't be described as a complete failure, either. It's painted in chilly fall colors, containing that element of mysteriousness gleaned from superior shows like The X-Files and Millennium. As far as “look” goes, they're on the right track. It's less crass and murky than the many Stephen King adaptations for network television, with a distinct emphasis on mood. Piller insists that the series be viewed on its own merits, avoiding comparisons to the Cronenberg feature film. It's somewhat unavoidable, considering how effective that previous King adaptation was. He'd be better off separating himself from those lousy TV-movies like Carrie.

      • A customer from Glasgow
      • Posted 23 Jan 2006 13:43

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    Rated - 3 stars

    Not as thought provoking as the film

    There's an episodic quality to Stephen King's novel, The Dead Zone. Thought-tormented psychic Johnny Smith awakens from a six-year coma, discovering he has the gift of second sight. Unable to reconnect with his previous life, having lost his soul mate Sarah Bracknell to another man, he attempts to find a way for himself in this strange new world. Along the way, he uses his powers to help a sensitive doctor find his lost mother and assists the town sheriff in tracking down a serial killer. His visions enable him to save a young boy from drowning and, ultimately, to thwart a diabolical politician from starting World War Three. Though it's one of King's thankfully shorter books, there's enough material there to justify a television series. But how does one compete when the material has already been adapted to perfection? David Cronenberg's 1983 film told Johnny Smith's haunting narrative with empathy, economy, and thoughtfulness. An improvement on the novel, Cronenberg tapped into Smith's psychic pain through one of Christopher Walken's finest and most sensitive performances. With television being what it is, this made-for-TV Dead Zone series becomes necessarily simplified and diluted. Amazing, considering the first season comprises almost 780 minutes and can't summon up the depth of Cronenberg's 103 minutes. But The Dead Zone can't be described as a complete failure, either. It's painted in chilly fall colors, containing that element of mysteriousness gleaned from superior shows like The X-Files and Millennium. As far as “look” goes, they're on the right track. It's less crass and murky than the many Stephen King adaptations for network television, with a distinct emphasis on mood. Piller insists that the series be viewed on its own merits, avoiding comparisons to the Cronenberg feature film. It's somewhat unavoidable, considering how effective that previous King adaptation was. He'd be better off separating himself from those lousy TV-movies like Carrie.

      • A customer from Glasgow
      • Posted 23 Jan 2006 13:43

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