"Dreamcatcher" is a movie based on a Stephen King story. So, right away way we know it is going to take place in either in Maine or Colorado. This time it is in Maine, and it's a story about four friends who meet up in the woods and are forced to deal with an extraterrestrial wanting to take over the world.

As unoriginal as that sounds, the screenplay is just as unoriginal. William Goldman (All the President's Men, General's Daughter) and also director Lawrence Kasden (Wyatt Earp, Mumford) do nothing to help an unimaginative story and do not help a good cast with any of the dialogue.

I was going to go into details about the how and the why this movie sucks, but I realized that it isn't worth it. Do you want to know why this movie sucks? Humans and animals are infected with a virus causing them to grow an alien inside their bodies. Instead of bursting out of the heart, or something cool like in the "Alien" movies or numerous "X-files" TV shows, Stephen King does something original.

The aliens come busting out their ass. That's right. You become infected. You have lots of gas. You blow an o-ring when the alien comes out, and you die. Wow. What will Stephen King think of next? This movie sucks even though there are lots of good actors like Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Jason Lee (Chasing Amy) and Thomas Jane (The Punisher). However, it is obvious that these fine men wanted a paycheck, because I can't imagine any of them thought the script was good.

If you see this, you will have wasted two hours of your life. I did.

Brian - the Naked Gun