(Spoiler Alert!)
A follow up to The Shining by Stephen King. Young Danny Torrance
has grown into an adult Obi Wan Kenobi- I mean, Ewan McGregor, and put the
horrifying events or his childhood at the Overlook Hotel with his insane dad
Jack from 40 years earlier behind him. Well, sort of.
Dan takes job as orderly with hospice patients, and
rediscovers his inner “shining.” He teams up with a young girl, Abra Stone
(Kyliegh Curran) who also possesses the gift. And together they set out to stop
a group of weirdos called the True Knot, led by the beautiful Rose the Hat
(Rebecca Ferguson) who kill gifted kids and suck their spirit and shine from them like
addicts snorting cocaine. It keeps them immortal. At least until 13-year old
Abra (cadabra! Oddly enough, Abra loves magic tricks! How ironic!) shows up to ruin the party.
The novel was very good (I am a huge King fan) but a bit
hard to follow, whereas the movie is very easy to keep up with, especially if
you remember the events of the Shining film. Dan and Abra end up back at the
long-abandoned Overlook hotel, where they will encounter ghosts from the past
and have a final showdown with Rose in an action-packed finale. Good stuff.
Five Stars!
-Michael Buffalo Smith
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