![]() He just happens to be able to see dead people whose spirits often appeal to him (though wordlessly) for help in securing them justice. The premise of “Odd Thomas” recalls the one King used in “The Dead Zone,” though here it’s told in the lighthearted style of “Men in Black” or “R.I.P.D.” The title character, played by Anton Yelchin, is a young guy employed as a short-order cook in a modestly-sized desert town called Pico Mundo. This one, based on his 2001 novel-the first in a series that’s now reached a seventh installment-about a psychic young man who uses his gifts to avenge wrongs and prevent crimes, was apparently designed by writer-director Stephen Sommers as the start of a potential franchise, but legal problems delayed its release and have probably doomed its chances to recoup what must have been a substantial budget, though not one of the size of earlier Sommers projects like “The Mummy,” “Van Helsing” or “G.I. ![]() ![]() As an author Dean Koontz has always operated in the shadow of Stephen King, and so have the movies adapted from his books. ![]()
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