The Dark Tower

Name: The Dark Tower
Released: 2017-2-16
Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz

The Dark Tower

PG-13
1h 35m
2017

15%

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Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. The last Gunslinger, Roland (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.

Director:

Nikolaj Arcel

Producer:

Akiva Goldsman, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Erica Huggins, Stephen King

Cast:

Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Katheryn Winnick, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael Barbieri, Eva Kaminsky, Nicholas Hamilton, Jose Zuniga

FEATURES

Stephen King: Inspirations

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

15%

Critics Consensus: Go then, there are other Stephen King adaptations than these.

Reviews

Keith & the Movies

Keith Garlington

Elba is good with what little he’s given, and you could say he is a reminder of the potential this film had.

It seems as though the filmmakers shy away from everything that made King's series distinct, memorable, and weird.

There's nothing horrendous or offensively bad about the movie, but it's just too preoccupied with racing towards the finish line to stick with you in a meaningful way.

This condensation of eight Stephen King books may not be quite as vexing as attempting to place all of Shakespeare's texts onto a single Post-it note, but it nevertheless ranks as an exercise in futility.

A terrible adaptation of Stephen King books.

May 4, 2021

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