The Dead Zone
Five years after a traffic accident that left him in a coma, a man awakens to discover that he has the ability to foresee future events and even prevent tragedies from happening. Will these new abilities prove to be a blessing or a curse?
Kevin Ward reviewed
July 6, 2025•
I don’t think that I’d ever watched this in full before, but I’d definitely seen parts on tv. One of the better Stephen King adaptation and one of David Cronenberg’s most accessible films. Christopher Walken plays Johnny Smith, a school teacher that gains psychic abilities after awakening from his coma caused by a car accident and culminates in exploring a version of the classic moral dilemma “Would you kill baby Hitler?” Fun watch. It will never not remind me of the Christopher Walken SNL sketch where he sees inconsequential events in the near future.