The Dark Tower

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Paul S I'm surprised they were able to fit as much into the movie as they did when the movie is only a little over 90 minutes long. It doesn't have the most sound plot, and the story felt a little incomplete. Overall, it had great visuals and was really enjoyable to watch. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey absolutely shine in this movie. I definitely recommend it for sci-fi and fantasy fans! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Theo B I've read the entire dark tower series (9 books!) about 5 times. It's a magestic, soaring, heartbreaking and exhilarating journey that Stephen King takes you on. This travesty of an approximation hardly deserves a review because it is such a poor representation of the books. Both the main actors are such amazing artists in their own right, it makes me think they didn't know what a pile of stinking dung this was as a script. But the books aside, standing alone as a single movie, the plot is disjointed, the characters flat, and the ark contrived. Please, rather than watch this horrifying attempt, go read the books... You'll find a rich and rewarding world with characters that jump of the page and into your heart. You'll love every minute of it! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Audience Member This movie genuinely disgusted me. I am obsessed with Stephen King's books and this is not The Dark Tower. This is a sad excuse for a movie based extremely loosely, and when I say loosely I mean the only things carried over from the books that remained in the movie were three characters, the main character's goal, the name sake of the movie, and the Breakers. There is no Eddie Dean, no Susannah, no Mordred, and if my memory serves correctly, not a single mention of the Crimson King. There was no conceivable way that you can condence a seven book long series into a movie that doesn't even exceed 100 minutes of run time including the credits. Stephen King hates the Stanley Kubrick version of the Shining, when the movie he should truely despise is the one that removed 20 years worth of world building. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/25 Full Review james o the film identifies Legendarium, Arthurian legend and The Man with No Name as inspirations. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review Josh A Oh dear. I've made it clear in my Shining reviews that I don't care if a film adaptation is accurate to the source material, as long as the changes make sense or make the movie better. The changes did not make the movie better. I haven't read the books yet but I know there were changes and it really shows. It's also just quite boring. It's like the Stephen King version of Thor: The Dark World. For one thing, it makes little sense. It starts with a boy called Jake having dreams about a weird world and trying to find it. Then all these things just happen to him quickly that didn't make much sense, then he met Roland who gave up on the Tower to track down Walter aka Randall Flagg, then they go on a quest to stop him, then other things happened. What? Not to mention, condensing 4250 pages into 90 minutes is a stupid idea. It'd need a TV show, like what Mike Flanagan is working on, which I can't wait for, or at least a miniseries. But you can tell with how many ideas are crammed into the short runtime we have that they didn't know what they were doing. It's like if they got plotlines from the series on a whiteboard and threw darts to see which ones they'd adapt. It's ridiculous. But this movie has good bits in all the bad, like the visuals. But it's mostly bad. Overall, it has good parts but it's just rather boring. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Vin C There are 5 great SK adaptations, a few decent ones, and a few hilariously awful ones. This falls into none of those categories, being barely decent, and only because of the excellent acting by Idris, Matthew, Tom Taylor, and a small part by the beautiful Katheryn Winnick. If you’ve read the saga of The Dark Tower and Roland’s adventures, you know what a deep, disturbing, imaginative, and adventurous story it is. A 1.5 hour movie doesn’t do it justice at all. Still, this poorly adapted Cliff Notes version is worth the time. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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