Stephen King Month: Desperation

2 Stars - Mediocre

So I go from not getting to watch a really good Stephen King film to watching a really dull one. Today's piece of meh is Desperation.

Desperation tells the story of a rag tag group of survivors who get taken captive by a crazed Police Officer in the small town of Desperation. The officer is possessed by an ancient evil that is ripping him apart at the seams, and he requires another body to play host to Tak, an evil found in the town's nearby mine. Our heroes, led by a young boy who has a strong connection to God, must head to the mine and defeat Tak once and for all.

This made for T.V. movie is pretty dull, the characters are fairly forgettable and only really Ron Perlman as the crazed officer and voice of Tak provides any real entertainment factor, except maybe for Steven Weber wrestling a cougar...

As an adaptation it's fine, it keeps most of the plot, though a few changes here and there are noticeable, like vision of the dead sister which weren't in the book, or the exclusion of a character who gave important exposition. But overall the film is so bland I just sort of don't care.

A Mass Volume Of Terror

In short, a book I'd say is worth a read by King fans, although the religious tone can be a bit much, but give the film a skip.