DVD 131 min. IMDB 5.2

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#290

Sci-Fi

Morgan Freeman	Colonel Curtis
Thomas Jane	Dr. Henry Devlin
Jason Lee	Beav
Damian Lewis	Jonesy
Timothy Olyphant	Pete
Tom Sizemore	Owen Underhill
Donnie Wahlberg	Duddits
Malik McCall	Platoon Leader
Daniel Merali	Apache Crewman #3
Colin Lawrence	Edwards
Mikey Holekamp	Young Henry
Reece Thompson	Young Beaver
Giacomo Baessato	Young Jonesy

Regisseur	Lawrence Kasdan
Producent	Lawrence Kasdan; Charles Okun
Schrijver	Stephen King; William Goldman

Four men are changed forever by an act of mercy — changes which have a profound impact many years later — in this blend of horror and science fiction based on a novel by Stephen King . Jonsey ( Damian Lewis ), Henry ( Thomas Jane ), Pete ( Timothy Olyphant ), and Beaver ( Jason Lee ) were four friends who, as schoolboys, rescued a boy with Down's Syndrome, Duddits ( Donnie Wahlberg ), from a savage beating at the hands of bullies. Their experience with Duddits left the boys profoundly changed, as they discovered they had developed psychic powers which allowed them to wordlessly communicate with one another, read the minds of others, and see events in the future. The four remained close friends into adulthood, and meet every year for a weekend get-together at a remote hunting lodge. However, one year Jonsey is approached by the spirit of Duddits, which leads him into a severe auto accident, though his wounds heal with mysterious speed and are gone by the time he and the guys get together a few months later. As the guys drink and swap stories, a desperately ill hunter makes his way into the cabin, whose body has become the host for a horrible wormlike creature, which breaks free and soon goes on a killing spree, leaving only Henry alive. In the wake of is attack comes a massive snowstorm, and Henry learns that these events are the first signs of a major attack by a powerful alien force which can assume any form it wishes. As duplicitous military leader Col. Abraham Curtis ( Morgan Freeman ) comes in to quell the menace, Henry finds himself in communication with the late Jonsey, whose previous near-death experience gives him an unexpected advantage in stemming the alien tide. — Mark Deming