King is dreamily free-associating, which doesn't mean he's plumbing his unconscious in search of new nightmare archetypes; it means he's recycling bits of old horror and sci-fi flicks and even setups from his own novels.
Dreamcatcher
Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something it cannot stop.
2003 · 2h 16m · R
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Overview
Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.
Director and cast
- Lawrence Kasdan Director
- Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis
- Thomas Jane as Dr. Henry Devlin
- Jason Lee as Joe 'Beaver' Clarenden
- Damian Lewis as Gary 'Jonesy' Jones
- Timothy Olyphant as Pete Moore
- Tom Sizemore as Lt. Owen Underhill
- Donnie Wahlberg as Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell
- Mikey Holekamp as Young Henry
- Reece Thompson as Young Beaver
- Giacomo Baessato as Young Jonesy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Stupid, sophomoric and moronically silly, it leaves you with the feeling that you might welcome shock treatment just to get your brain back.
... not since Death to Smoochy have so many talented people made such a mess of things.
If hopeless literalist Kasdan could have decided on a tone ... this could have been a gynophobe's Independence Day.
A bumpy thrill ride.
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