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Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate battle between good and evil.

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The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Tal Rosenberg Chicago Reader Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) directed, and I'm not sure why. Mar 26, 2020 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro Newspaper (UK) Not so much a stinker of a movie as a bafflingly incomplete one, The Dark Tower has presumably been inflicted with so many cuts it's like watching a 95-minute trailer. Rated: 2/5 Oct 11, 2017 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Nick Pinkerton Sight & Sound No one involved in The Dark Tower seems to have given a damn about what they turned out, so why should anybody else? Sep 4, 2017 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson The Dark Tower becomes the antonyms of all of the other terms: short, rote, vague, lethargic, and limited. Rated: 1/5 Apr 7, 2024 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Elba is good with what little he’s given, and you could say he is a reminder of the potential this film had. Rated: 2/5 Aug 20, 2022 Full Review The Dark Tower (2017) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It seems as though the filmmakers shy away from everything that made King's series distinct, memorable, and weird. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 22, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mason D I haven’t read the entire series, but overall the film seemed to express a summarized version of the books. For a film running about 1hr 35min, I felt it was executed well. Great effects for 2017, the final Matrix-style scene between Roland and Walter was pretty cool. 4/5 would be 5/5 if it was a bit longer and more immersive. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review Isaac M I could not even get through the first 30 minutes without being so bored. Only reason why this is not a 0 out of ten is because of Mathew mcaunahay and Idris elba because at least they tried from what I saw Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Rex M The good news is, if you have never read The Dark Tower series, there are no spoilers in this adaptation. The bad news, if you have read the Dark Tower, it will get awkward. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Robert T Other than having characters with the same names and a few plot lines that match the series of books, this was a huge miss. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/24 Full Review Michael H The dark tower series is King's magnum opus, the greatest novels he's ever written or will ever write again, and the movie did it justice in every way. By combining storylines and scenes and characters from at least four of the novels it all came together beautifully. I loved it in the theater and have watched my own DVD copy of it at least twenty times since. Still thrills and moves me everytime. My personal favorite King adaptation of all time. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review Aprameyya G No emotion in the movie at all. Sometimes a film just ends up not being what it was inteded to be. But The Dark Tower felt like it lacked the motive of even being a bad film. The plot could have been worked around so much better but they rushed their way through it all. Only spec of emotion was during Laurie's Chamber's death. How did no one think that hey maybe we should not make this OR TRY TO PRESENT A GOOD STORY BETTER. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate battle between good and evil.

Director
Nikolaj Arcel

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

Screenwriter
Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel

Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Production Co
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Rating
PG-13 (Sequences of Gun Violence|Action|Thematic Material)

Genre
Fantasy, Action, Adventure

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 4, 2017, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 17, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$50.7M

Runtime
1h 35m

Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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