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69 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Brooke Adams, Christopher Walken
  • Summary: After a car accident puts him into a coma for 5 years, teacher Johnny Smith (Walken) wakes up to discover he can see people's futures after touching them.

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    The Dead Zone does what only a good supernatural thriller can do: It makes us forget it is supernatural.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    88
    Arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    50
    By no means a bad film, just a disappointingly bland and superficial one.

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