The Tommyknockers
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Movie Reviews of The Tommyknockers
Movie Review: This movie rocks!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't believe people who said they did not like this movie or the book. As usual, the book is much better but the movie is great. I thoroughly enjoyed both. This movie has suspense, a sci fi theme, lots of intersting charactrers, and lots of detail. AND Jimmy Smits is soooooooo hot! Anyone who is a sci-fi fan or Stephen King fan will like this movie.Movie Review: A whole new meaning to battery powered...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a favorite of mine, I loved the characters, the storyline, everything. The ending was sad though, Jimmy Smitts went thru all
that trouble to try and quit drinking and saving his girlfriend only
to end up sacrificing himself to rid the planet of the Tommyknockers.
Still,a very very good movie.
Movie Review: Tommyknockers are here
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is very enjoyable to anyone with an interest in Science Fiction. It is a typical Stephen King classic,Movie Review: Best Horror
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King is one of the greatest movies. It will certainly give you the chills.Movie Review: Alien Savants Run Amok!
Summary: 4 Stars
The book and the miniseries differ, but both are quite good. For the jaded veterans among you, it's essentially Five Million Years to Earth, served up a la King.Marg Helgenberger trips over an ancient flying saucer in the woods one day while walking her dog, and decides it might make a nice private playground centerpiece if dug out and spiffied-up a bit. She starts experiencing a creative psychic brain-boost during the lengthy process, which is shared by a few of the nearby townsfolk. Her old lover, Jimmy Smits, however, an alcoholic poet of some former reputation with a metal plate in his skull, is left cold by Marg's new pet project - the saucer gives him a headache, literally.
Pretty soon, the nearby isolated small town begins splitting-up into two factions - those who are sympatico with the saucer's psychic space-vibes, and those who aren't. Those who are become inventive geniuses, and those who aren't start more and more looking like dinner. Only Jimmy Smits is sufficiently immune to the nasty thing to exercise his presence of mind, and somehow stop the saucer and its long-mummified occupants from revitalizing themselves off Marg and the other infected townsfolk.
This is a very handsomely produced piece, and sufficiently close to Stephen King's original novel that the changes made in the script - which are only done to simplify (and under-grue) the action, and allow a little alien activity - are more welcome than not. The cast are all terrific, especially leads Helgenberger and Smits. Helgenberger's transformation due to her dangerous alien exposure is nicely counterpointed with Smits' alcoholism, the saucer's influence acting like a drug to those who respond to its emanations. The special effects are great, and the inclusion of the revitalized aliens on the saucer in the finale is a nice touch - they're pretty cool, really. The suspense works well. The only real flaw with this piece is a bit too much padding, but the same can be said of most of Stephen King's work in general, and certainly this production has less of it than the novel on which it is based.