As to be expected, it's not a great book-to-film translation but is as true to the books as possible.

addzi_the_dark_one

I loved Desperation and The Regulators, well, the books anyway. So when I saw that a made-for-TV film based on Desperation was out there, I felt compelled to check it out.

The characters read very much the same dialogue from the book (the teleplay was written by King), but they lack the conviction and emotional balance that was a big part of the book. The way they look has been accurately captured in the film, especially with Collie Entragian. Ron Perlman was definitely the man for the job.

Unfortunately, the film fails to keep any kind of pace and the suspense and tension are wasted. I didn't feel a whole lot for the characters and wasn't sad to see a lot of them wiped out by Tak.

The Stand was of a far better quality than this, so there's no excuse as to why this couldn't have been done here.

A bit lazy, really.

score 5/10

addzi_the_dark_one 22 January 2007

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1579904/