The Dead Zone (1983)

When a school teacher (Christopher Walken) wakes up from a coma after five years, he discovers he has the power to see into the future. This gift (or curse) will play itself out for high stakes. Based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by David Cronenberg (DEAD RINGERS). One of the better film adaptations of King's horror novels. The details of the narrative are often sloppy. Surely even in 1983, security for political candidates wasn't so lax and after an attempt at a political assassination, everybody vanishes. Where are the police, ambulances, reporters or gawkers? The actors are left to play out the scene alone. That aside, Cronenberg keeps a firm rein on the proceedings and the film is graced with a strong performance by Walken which gives credence to some of the far fetched plot. There's a beauty of an underscore by Michael Kamen. With Martin Sheen in an eerily prescient performance as a thuggish Trump like politician, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Colleen Dewhurst, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Nicholas Campbell and Jackie Burroughs.