This movie was typical Stephen King. What else can be said? It has a wonderful premise, it was full of overacting, they did in 4 hours what could be done in 2... Stephen King is an excellent writer, but for some reason his stuff just doesn't work when it's a movie. In my opinion, The Stand was the only one that pulled it off. See Storm... if you are a die hard SK fan, but otherwise, don't waste your time.