Storyline
The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, 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 ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
Directors
Cast
Idris Elba, Dennis Haysbert, José Zúñiga, Katheryn Winnick, Karl Thaning, Nicholas Pauling, Joe Vaz, Dan Hirst, Matthew McConaughey, Warren Masemola, Jabari Gray, Marmee Cosico, Bill Walters, Fran Kranz, Kenneth Fok, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Elderkin, Andre Robinson, Inge Beckmann, Richard Lothian, Sarah Potter, Alex McGregor, Nicholas Hamilton, Alfredo Narciso, Lemogang Tsipa, Abbey Lee, Reon Van Der Watt, Zak Rowlands, Claudia Kim, Mary Twala, Michael Barbieri, Robert Whitehead, Leeanda Reddy, Tom Taylor, Eva Kaminsky, Robbie McLean, Matthew Thomson, Charlize Churcher, Ben Gavin, Sara Cicilian, Lara Adine Lipschitz, Paul Riley Fox, Christopher Stein, Christiaan Schoombie, Keci Eatock, Larry Nuñez, Michael Basile, Emily Child, Zanne Solomon, Andrew Laubscher
Trailer
Reviews
70
It’s a highly competent and watchable paranoid metaphysical video game that doesn’t overstay its welcome, includes some luridly entertaining visual effects, and — it has to be said — summons an emotional impact of close to zero. Which in a film like this one isn’t necessarily a disadvantage.
50
IGN
The Dark Tower is a thoroughly average take on some truly incredible source material. While the fantastic leads do the best with what they’re given, it’s ultimately not enough to compensate for a lack of time spent building characters and their motivations in the script.
50
Though satisfying enough to please many casual moviegoers drawn in by King's name and stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, it will likely disappoint many serious fans and leave other newbies underwhelmed.
42
Bringing the action of future Dark Tower novels forward isn’t a sin. The sin is not having nearly enough space for it. The film is breathless in all the worst ways as a result.
42
Bad dialogue, lame plot, fine. The bigger issue: How could a film with Elba and McConaughey have so little swagger?
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