Not one of those three elements, outside of Johnny being involved in them, connect in one way or another. He'll help this police solve a series of rape-murders in the area, then he'll move on tutor a kid and warn his father about the kid's drowning if he goes on to play hockey one day and then he prevents Stillson from causing a nuclear holocaust in the distant future once he becomes president. The film sees Johnny helping people he meets with his newfound powers. Perhaps the one thing that I thought was keeping this movie out of truly great status is the fact that its story, while intriguing, feels a little more episodic than one, long narrative. I love me some Cronenberg but Walken and Martin Sheen are absolutely excellent here. I think Walken, Cronenberg's direction and Sheen's Stillson character more than make the film into what it is. With all that out of the way, my point in this, is the fact that if you needed proof to see that Walken can be a really good, at times, great actor, then you need look no further than this. Say what you want, but he's got a very charismatic on-screen presence. Perhaps its more that his eccentricities in his facial expression, his voice inflections, his body language have given him sort of a cult following past just being a good actor. I don't think I've ever seen someone say this, though I'm sure some are of this mindset. I've never understood people who say that Christopher Walken isn't a good actor.
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