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Directed By:
John Power
Starring:
Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, John Ashton, Allyce Beasley, Robert Carradine, Joanna Cassidy, Annie Corley, Cliff De
Young, Traci Lords and E.G. Marshall
Not Rated
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
Format Used: Netflix DVD
Contains: Mild Language, Graphic Violence
Also Known As:
Steven King's The Tommyknockers
THE PLOT:
Something strange is going on in a small town, a strange artifact has been unearthed in someone's backyard and now the townspeople
are acting strange, they start building strange devices and spend all their free time uncovering the artifact, only a drunk
poet knows the truth. The people are under mind control and the artifact is a buried alien craft and there are still living
aliens that want out.
ZEDD'S OPINION:
Another Steven King monsterpiece, I got to admit it is one of his better ones. The story, the creature effects, the cast.
There are some character issues but there are always some character issues with a Steven King movie I don't know why. But
there are. But I got to admit for a made for TV monster movie I've seen much worse. You can do much worse with your time
then spend it with the TOMMYKNOCKERS. 9 STARS
VOLTRON'S OPINION:
I have to agree with Zedd on the character issues, I can't think of a Steven King movie where we haven't made an issue about
at least one character and this is no exception but again I also agree the creature effects are good and the movie is good
enough for a theatrical release. So, all and all a pretty good movie. 8 STARS.
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+ HITS):
+ STORY (The story works for the most part.)
+ CREATURE EFFECTS (The creature effects are cool.)
+ CAST (The cast does a great job.)
+ ACTING (The acting is perfect.)
+ SUSPENSE (Lots of suspense.)
+ PRICE (At around $10.00 American, the price is right.)
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE (- MISSES):
- LONG (Ran a little long for my taste.)
...AND FINALLY...
- CHARACTER ISSUES (There are some minor character issues.)
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