Another Stephen King based movie, with the last Stephen King movie I watched being The Shining I knew before watching this that I was not in for something quite as great, not that they should be compared I just watched them within a short space of time and I wanted this Stephen King story to be just as great.
The storyline is great but I did feel it was slightly slow in some parts. The plot revolves around a famous author who wrote many novels based on a woman called Misery he finishes up the last book in the series but ends the book by killing Misery. With that series over he is excited to write and try something new he goes out to the cabin off in the mountains where he always writes his books and completes his new novel, on departure from the hotel he didn't know that a storm was coming driving home in the storm he skids of the road, crashes and is then found by Annie Wilkes (Played by Kathy Bates)
Once coming back around Paul finds himself in a house with two broken legs and confusion of how he got there. Annie Wilkes who claims to be his biggest fan has been taking care of him, you can tell straight away that she seems rather odd and strange but he is thankful for her saving him from the car wreck and getting him safe. Not long after him being in her care the final Misery book is released in stores so she picks it up straight away, once she finds out that Misery is dead and there will be no more books the film really takes a turn. So angry with Paul for writing in Misery's death she begins to punish him and keep him hostage against his will, this is where the suspense really begins there really are some moments when you find yourself on the edge of your seat just shouting at the TV.
The beginning half of the movie was okay but slow but once the change of feel in the movie happened it really did become one great exciting ride some moments even hard to watch. Really great thriller and would highly recommend if you enjoy suspense movies with a bit of twist.
4 out of 5 stars
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