The plot idea for "The Power" is pretty interesting. However, despite this I found the film itself was only okay and could have been better.
The film begins at some odd government facility where they are testing the limits of pain and human endurance. One of the professors is very concerned, as he's convinced SOMEONE among them has super-human mental powers. Soon, this professor dies...and soon other members of this organization start dying off as well....the result of the monster's strange powers. He can apparently make folks think or do almost anything. Can Professor Tanner (George Hamilton) manage to determine WHO it is before he, too, dies mysteriously?
The problem with the film is that the idea is good but the film seems to ramble and ramble...and I had some difficulty even caring about the movie. Additionally, when the ending occurred, one of the characters then proceded to use exposition to explain what had just happened...which is sloppy writing. Overall, a time-passer....not much more.
The film begins at some odd government facility where they are testing the limits of pain and human endurance. One of the professors is very concerned, as he's convinced SOMEONE among them has super-human mental powers. Soon, this professor dies...and soon other members of this organization start dying off as well....the result of the monster's strange powers. He can apparently make folks think or do almost anything. Can Professor Tanner (George Hamilton) manage to determine WHO it is before he, too, dies mysteriously?
The problem with the film is that the idea is good but the film seems to ramble and ramble...and I had some difficulty even caring about the movie. Additionally, when the ending occurred, one of the characters then proceded to use exposition to explain what had just happened...which is sloppy writing. Overall, a time-passer....not much more.