Stephen King's The StandAfter a government spawned "superflu" wipes out more than 90 percent of the earth's population, the devastated survivors must decide whether to support or resist the advances of a mysterious stranger from way down South (heh heh) who wishes to claim this new world order for himself. Although the six hour length makes it nigh impossible to digest in one sitting, this well paced adaptation of Stephen King's apocalyptic magnum opus ranks among the best