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‘The Institute’ Is a Solid Stephen King Adaptation With a Few Stumbles: TV Review
Based on the 2019 Stephen King novel, "The Institute" follows 14-year-old Luke Ellis who is kidnapped by a organization because of his unique ablities.
While a slew of upperclassmen puzzle and sort through a standardized college admission exam, 14-year-old Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) races through the test, stunning everyone when he tells the proctor he’s finished. Elsewhere, Tim Jamieson ( Ben Barnes), a former Boston police officer turned drifter, happens upon a wanted ad to do low stakes security in a small town in Maine. However, after striking up conversations with Annie (Mary Walsh), an unhoused woman with unhinged conspiracy theories, Tim becomes increasingly curious about a hazardous materials plant located on the outskirts of the town.
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