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 DREAMCATCHER
With Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Donny Wahlberg, Jason Lee Directed by Lawrence Kasdan The
chance
of
any
Stephen
King
writing
not
making
it
to
the
screen
(big
or
small)
is
very
slim.
And
when
he
writes
a
horror
tale
of
alien
parasites
infiltrating
earth
with
a
group
of
friends
unwittingly
being
man's
salvation,
what's
the
chance
of
it
not
getting
committed
to
celluloid?
The
old
King
premise
of
a
bunch
of
guys,
friends
since
school
days,
become
the
core
of
this
exciting
invasion
scenario.
With
flashbacks
we
get
to
know
the
varied
characters
and
how
they
befriended
a
mentally
challenged
boy
(Douglas)
who
was
being
picked
on.
He
became
instrumental
in
tying
together
their
friendship,
each
of
them
gaining
a
special
kinetic
power.
During
one
of
the
group's
get-togethers
in
the
woods
(during
a
particularly
cold
and
snowy
season),
they
become
the
focal
point
of
a
horrible
invasion.
The
military
places
the
area
and
its
surrounding
woods
under
quarantine,
and
one
of
the
friends
(Jonesy)
become
the
host
to
a
head
alien
out
to
cause
irreparable
damage
to
the
human
race.
The
moods,
thrills
and
gross-out
factors
are
well
balanced
with
some
very
familiar
Stephen
King
devices
injected.
Morgan
Freeman
is
miscassed
though
-
while
a
good
departure,
he
can't
pull
off
a
ruthless
military
man. |
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