Such a frustrating disappointment

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The first half of the movie can be described as interesting. Ron Perlman plays the role of a possessed cop, who has built his web like a spider on the town Desperation and the main road. He preys on travelers, catching them in his prison to use them as future hosts. Because the demon possessing him uses up the human bodies quickly.After catching quite a few people and killing some of them for... entertainment, I guess, he finds his mortal enemy in a boy. I forgot the name of the kid, but his message keeps ringing in my ears since he insists in repeating it for the rest of the movie in countless occasions. "Love god, trust him and endure whatever he wishes to bring upon you. Always do, whatever he asks without doubting anything." I'm not a religious man, but that isn't even what was annoying me. It was the hypocrisy. They spend time talking about the "free will", only to sum up that mankind is supposed to give up this free will and become nothing more than a puppet or slave to an omnipotent being. Which - even according to the movie - may or may not slay or save everyone at whim. Like a kid playing with toys and occasionally breaking some of them.Anyway, the fight between the demon and the humans isn't bad. It fulfills its purpose. The background story is kind of lazy though. They included some content with the former Chinese workers and the mine where the demon was accidentally freed some hundred or more years ago. And just when you might start getting curious about it one of them asks "What's the goal of the demon?" to which the boy answers "Does't matter. We only care about what god wants". They didn't even take the time to explain that. Like I said, lazy.Without these flaws it could have been a good movie, but as it is you might want to look for something better to spent your time on.

This was a fairly faithful adaptation of the Stephen King novel. After a couple is arrested by a crazed police officer after he planted a bag of dope in their car during a "search" while they were passing through his town of Desperation, Nevada, he locks the wife in a jail cell and kills the husband. She then learns that the other prisoners there have gotten similar treatment. Meanwhile, an author gets a similar arrest, a guy picks up a hitchhiker and they start investigating things, and a bunch of creepy dogs and other members of the canine family (wolves, coyotes, etc.) start popping up.Ron Pearlman gives a great turn as the cop, and this was a great cast. I think this was a good way to spend time watching a movie if you're a Stephen King fan. Give this one a shot.*** out of ****

I'm a big fan of Stephen King's Desperation (the novel) so I was excited for the cast when it was released. I was not disappointed.Ron Perlman plays Collie Entragian, a Sheriff's Deputy who, along with the rest of the small town of Desperation, has gone through a considerable change. Now he kidnaps anyone near his middle-of-nowhere town, and locks them in his city filled with the dead. Soon we find that he is no longer Collie, in fact something from below has taken over...This was a fun movie, very enjoyable. The acting is really good, with Steven Weber, Charles Durning, and Tom Skeritt rounding out the cast besides Perlman. The effects are good as well.Overall a good TV movie. Enjoy.

I've Read the Book Roundabouts of Twenty or so times, one of my Favorite SK Novels and Am Quite Displeased with both Characters and Ending of movie.Point A. Steve Ames was Described as bluntly 'an 80's Rocker who never got out of it.' He had long hair, otherwise okay, Cynthia was supposed to have Two Colors in her hair, I believe Green and Pink (Could be mistaken though.) Point B: Johnny, Wasn't 'Thin' He was getting a Gut (Too much Booze., Yet, He is an Older (60's) In Decent Shape man.That and Cantak was Released/freed. Just A few days before The 'Travelers' Get to Desperation.So its not as Accurate As people think.My Advice, Read the Book, its Better.