The Stand review: New Stephen King adaptation is too safe to be memorable, but too resonant to be dismissed
Had the show retained the novel's pacing, and opted for grief over gore, King's message of humanity's resilience might have carried more weight in these times.
Prahlad Srihari
December 17, 2020 13:29:06 IST
Still from The Stand
Language: English
The Stand opens in a church where frontline workers in PPE kits and N95 masks set about the unpleasant business of disposing dead bodies during a pandemic. It's a scene unnervingly of the moment. While there, one of the workers digs through shelves and drawers in search of DVDs. "The world that's left is going to need entertainment," he says, before declaring his ambition to open a drive-in theatre: "Put up a big screen, double features on Friday night." Yes, it's all too unnervingly of the moment.