BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

dillonjeffers The story is good for this film and for the time the special effects are good. But it lacks acting and it does get boring at times. Its worth a watch!

william_morris Although the script hits all the major beats and is a reasonably faithful adaptation, for those who have read the novel upon which the movie is based the story will feel rushed and frequently awkward. On its own merits, though, it's a decent enough thriller. Drew Barrymore gives a good performance for one so young, and the casting choices for Rainbird, Wanless, and "Cap" are perfect. I do miss Rainbird's backstory; his feelings toward Charlie would make much more sense, but that's a relatively minor thing. It's always tough to cut a novel of that scope down to a two hour film, but if the film has one major flaw it is the soundtrack, a hopelessly dated synth score that was "awesome" in my high school years, but seriously distracts now.

kiaora-1 Drew makes this movie. "Back off, back off!" George C. Scott as John Rain man is so good that you just can't help but to despise him. It's only a movie, but just the same, weird that John would believe that by killing little Charlie, he could take her power with him when he dies, although native Indian tribes probably had some of those same beliefs. It's also hard to believe that secret associations/companies like that of "The Shop" exist in the real world, but that could be true for whatever purpose or reason. The musical score was good too, particularly eerie during the scene where Charlie decimates the Shop/mansion and affiliates in the house and grounds.

gwnightscream David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Heather Locklear, Art Carney, Louise Fletcher and Moses Gunn star in this 1984 sci-fi film based on Stephen King's novel. This begins where we meet Andy (Keith) and his young daughter, Charlene aka Charlie (Barrymore) who are on the run from government agents because they have special, psychological abilities. Andy is able to mind-control others and Charlie is able to set fire with her mind. Soon, they're captured and become experimented on with deadly results. Sheen (Wall Street) plays Capt. Hollister who keeps them under observation, the late, Scott (Patton) plays Rainbird, an assassin, the late, Gunn (The Neverending Story) plays scientist, Pynchot, the late, Carney (The Honeymooners) plays Irv, a farmer who helps Andy and Charlie, Fletcher plays his wife, Norma and Locklear appears briefly as Victoria, Charlie's mother who is killed. This isn't a bad flick featuring a decent cast & Tangerine Dream's score is great as usual. I recommend this.