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The Dark Tower

2017

Nikolaj Arcel

Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick ...

4.6

12,702

Fantasy. Western. Sci-Fi 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.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"'Tower' lacks the world-constructing gravitas of (...) the Tolkien books that inspired King (...) Though satisfying enough to please many casual moviegoers"	NEU
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"A uniquely flavorless slog (...) It’s rare a film so convoluted manages to be so determinedly boring. Lucky for you it vanishes from the mind as soon as it ends (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Even with A-list stars, 'Dark Tower' topples under the weight of its mediocrity (...) Nikolaj Arcel’s movie just skims the surface of the 'Dark Tower' mythology (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s a competent and watchable paranoid metaphysical video game (...) Includes some luridly entertaining visual effects (...) [It] works as a film because it’s not trying to be a multiverse"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A disaster of a film (...) 'The Dark Tower' is startlingly low on both energy or any larger sense of magic or a wider world beyond whatever Jake is able to experience"	NEG
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Briskly forgettable (...) The cast is very good (...) Is the movie good enough to do what it’s designed to do? Not really (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"The attempt to launch a franchise is ultimately a poorly edited, truncated mess (...) 'The Dark Tower' is mainly noteworthy for McConaughey’s enjoyably bad performance"	NEG
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"Even when the movie around him is total garbage nonsense, it is fun to watch Idris Elba (...) [It] left me confused and often very annoyed, but not necessarily bored."	NEU
United States	Angie Han Mashable	"'The Dark Tower' commits the unforgivable sin of being boring (...) The movie version is disappointingly lacking in the magic of King's novels (...) It looks made-for-TV-movie cheap."	NEG

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