An action-packed slog

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

OK so I read maybe 20+ reviews before buying the series and one in particular was accurate, the first 2 episode are soooooo bloody boring! It was the last few mins of episode two that caught my attention! Episode 3 was pretty good, I loved the the idea of everyone being possessed and singing and dancing to a song! That whole scene was pure genius! Yet here I am on episode 8 (all in one evening btw) and I am back to bored!! The story is non existent really.... It's haphazardness in the way it's put together means you can't get to know or like any of the characters!The whole thing is ridiculous and to top it all off ... Then there is the anteater....!!!!It's absolutely bloody beyond words stupid!!!!!! Anteaters don't have full on mouths or teeth that can devour you!!!! A wolf would have worked better! This show isn't scary at all, more laughable!!! American horror story got every single thing right- this show got every single thing wrong! Never been more disappointed!!The only reason it gets 3* s is Diane Ladd! She is the saving grace of a show that's terrible beyond words!!!

This show started out decent enough, but it really needed to be done as a mini-series with maybe 6 episodes tops. There were a few beginning episodes to set up the story and the final few episodes tied things off pretty well although they follow the typical Stephen King cliché of having some kind of "ka-tet" of characters who are meant to come together to save someone in a portal of space-time and dimensional traveling. All the rest in the middle is just filler and at times it seemed like the same scenes were being shown. Like the headless corpse running around constantly or the anteater showing up and rambling off some gibberish that is supposed to be all profound and wise. Enough already!

I watched a couple of the episodes when it came on on ABC but was quite truly lost. Years later I have recorded all of them except that the Sci-Fi channel did not do it in order so I recorded the ones I could and then they just happened to get recorded again out of order (the 1st couple episodes then the 2 hour finale completely missing out the middle episodes) so they showed up today and I saw them. First of all watching just the 1st couple then the last makes for a crummy mini-series. I like Stephen King and all but I don't think he does that great of a job as far as adapting either his own novels or someone else's. (Lars Von Trier in this case) I also don't know what is so great about Craig R. Baxley except that for some reason Stephen King thinks he is the bomb. I will say he is competent, but not altogether very original or exciting to watch. So far he has done Stephen King's "Storm of the Century" (another dragged out mediocre mini-series) "Rose Red" (A good story wasted on TV) & last but not least "Kingdom Hospital." Enough about him but he should go back to being a 2nd unit director like he used to be on "The A-Team." Back to this mini-series, it had a great idea & I don't know how much was adapted & changed from the original series, but so much just didn't translate well. It went on way too long, this could have have had 1/2 of the episodes & it could have been tighter & not quite so draggy. There were also too many pointless characters that not only wasted space, they took up a large amount of unnecessary screen time. I will say that Jack Coleman (Claire's Dad from the show "Heroes") is excellent in his almost stationary role as he conveys a wide range of emotions as well as some excellent narrations while being completely immobile much of his screen time. I have a feeling this could have been the role that got him the role he has now as I can honestly say almost any lesser actor could've/would've wasted this very challenging yet the most rewarding character of anyone on this pretty weak mini-series. I very much liked the little girl ("Silent Hill") as she has the creepy yet love-able routine down pat. The ant-eater was a cool character that sometimes looked good, but most of the time looked pretty lame. I realize the budget was probably little, but there is such a thing as less is more a la the 1st "Alien" movie. So if you are interested in this, I would suggest watching every other episode and you probably will understand it just as well. The best episode is probably the last which is a 2 hour finale. (1 hour 20 mins w/o commercials) It wraps up just about every plot & sub-plot. The music is some of the worst, in the worst places you can imagine. In fact, it detracts terribly in some of the sequences. There is a good scene w/some music (the criminal being brought in) which is funny as hell, yet seems really out of place at the same time. I do have to give props to the always good Oscar nominated Bruce Davison who is most famous for playing the senator in the X-Men movies. He does an admirable job of slowly going Crazy, although it was dragged out to much there too. So overall give this a try but I sure would like to see the original so I could see what I'm missing as it is rated 8.7/10.

Probably one of the best video representations of Stephen King's writing style (although he did not write the original novel), "Kingdom Hospital" definitely worth the watching! Granted, this mini-series is not for everyone. If you're into short, powerful horror films that end with all the loose ends neatly tied up, this one just won't be for you. Just as in his novels, King takes his time to explore characters, situations, the macabre, and so on. Like his novels, this is a rich exploration that takes the time and patience of the viewer.What I liked the most about this series were the running motifs that tied the numerous subplots together in very subtle ways. Things like secret hand-signs, recurring phrases, and soundtrack songs like "Red Dragon Tattoo" by Fountains of Wayne. I also like the way that black humor was woven into situations in ways that seemed appropriate, and yet not overdone.I'm sure that "Kingdom Hospital" will never win any artistic awards, but the quality of this piece surpasses much of what one can expect from American television miniseries.