Let's clear some stuff up here...(Some Spoilers)

First, this has always been one of my favorite King stories.. With a few exceptions like Firestarter, Cujo, etc..., King's best stuff are either his epic novels like IT, The Stand, and the Dark Tower series(because he builds really intricate characters and relationships) and his short stories. This one has always rocked. It's the obsessive drive that got me. I've often thought out elaborate plans to get back at the man who killed my mother, and I can see where that would become an all-consuming obsession given the right circumstances.

Someone asked why they would make this into a full length movie, and the answer is that almost no King novel can be made into a decent movie because there is too much to put in. The Stand and IT had to be made 6 hour miniseries... You almost have no choice but to use a short story because you just can't fit many of his best stuff into a 2 hour window.

So they didn't stick 100% to the story, big deal. Nobody ever does. Once again, they have a limited amount of time to work with, they have to make adjustments, and they have to make updates to fit the era. The only thing I thought was actually lacking is the amount of obsession, you never felt like he was totally obsessed like in the story. For those who think he seemed rather obsessed, check out the story.

So what if the characters seemed young? Christian Slater wasn't a 'mob boss', he was a thug with a small crew, probably less than 10 guys. So Robinson wasn't old and balding at the end, but he sure was haggard and sunburned. In the middle he didn't look so hot either. Either way, you get the idea.

And WHY didn't Slater call 911 when the cell phone was finally working? Simple, he was way to panicked. Just try thinking straight the next time you are scared to death and death itself is looking you in the face. Sure, he may have tried later, but I'm sure after each call, Robinson immediately turned the phone jammer back on.

As for the ip ending in .666? Poetic license.

I was rather impressed, and I don't usually look forward to King adaptations, especially ones I hadn't even heard about.

Once again, I was really impressed with the whole production. Ironically, I rented 'Law Abiding Citizen' this weekend as well, I guess I'm stuck in a sub-genre this weekend!