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Dreamcatcher plot
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Jonesy (Damian Lewis), Beaver (Jason Lee) Pete (Timothy Olyphant) and Henry (Thomas Jane) are four friends on an annual hunting trip in Maine. As children, they all acquired telepathy which they call “the line”. A flashback shows them as they save a mentally handicapped boy named Douglas “Duddits” Cavell (Donnie Wahlberg) from bullies and befriend him.
Jonesy sees Duddits beckoning him to cross the street, but as he does so Jonesy is hit by a car. His injuries heal with mysterious speed and 6 months later he is able to make the group’s annual trip. Jonesy meets a man lost in the forest named Rick McCarthy (Eric Keenleyside). He is very ill so Jonesy and Beaver let him rest inside their cabin. Military helicopters fly over the area and announce that the area will be quarantined. Jonesy and Beaver return to the cabin to find Rick dead in the bathroom, the room covered with blood. A large worm tries to escape from the bathroom after being excreted into the toilet by Rick before he died. Beaver attempts to trap the creature under the toilet lid, but the lamprey-like worm, with multiple rows of razor-sharp teeth, kills him. Jonesy tries to escape but runs into a large alien called Mr. Grey, who possesses Jonesy’s body.
Nearby, Henry and Pete crash their vehicle as they barely avoid running over a frostbitten woman from Rick’s original hunting party. Henry walks for help while Pete stays with the woman. She dies and also excretes a worm, which Pete barely manages to kill. Mr. Grey then captures Pete, but Jonesy telepathically warns Henry to stay hidden.
Henry returns to the cabin to find Beaver dead and the worm that killed him now laying a group of eggs. In order to kill all of the alien larvae, he sets fire to the cabin.
Meanwhile, a military unit led by Curtis (Morgan Freeman), seeks to contain everyone exposed to the aliens. Curtis sends Owen (Tom Sizemore) to lead an air strike against the aliens crashed spaceship. The aliens use telepathy to distract the pilots, but the four Apaches and Curtis’ Little Bird massacre most of the aliens with miniguns and missiles. The alien ship then self-destructs destroying the remaining aliens and two helicopters. Henry arrives at the base as the remaining helicopters land and convinces Owen to reveal the camp to the U.S. Army. After tracking Owen through a chip in his gun, Curtis escapes in a helicopter.
Jonesy retraces his memories of the area while watching Mr. Grey use his body. Mr. Grey tries to coerce Pete into cooperating, but bites him in half when he refuses. Jonesy realizes that Mr. Grey possessed him, not by chance, but to access past memories of Duddits which he needs.
Henry and Owen go to Duddits’ home, where he tells them that Mr. Grey is headed for Quabbin Reservoir to seed the water with alien larva. Arriving at the reservoir Owen is ambushed by Curtis’ helicopter and mortally injured, but manages to shoot down Curtis. Henry takes Owen’s weapon and kills Mr. Grey’s worm. Duddits confronts Mr. Grey, who finally exits Jonesy’s body. Duddits then reveals that he himself is an alien and attacks, causing both aliens to explode in a cloud of red dust which briefly resembles a dreamcatcher. Jonesy, now himself again, steps on the final worm that was just about to contaminate the water.
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Our verdict: Stephen King’s novel Dreamcatcher adapted to the big screen. Enjoyable sci-fi horror film that gets a bit crazy at times.
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