Review of The Dark Tower (2017) by Willie W — 21 Aug 2017

Awesomely creative movie! very good acting and story plot!

This review of The Dark Tower (2017) was written by Willie W on 21 Aug 2017.

The Dark Tower has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Nic M (97) on 05 Sep 2018

Nothing to draw you into the story which is horribly told and weakly acted. Poorly acted. Disgrace to the book and Stephen King…

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

Edited to death and lacking anything resembling a personality, this is a film that even Idris Elba's magnetic gunslinger has no hope of saving…

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By Mae B (14) on 17 Sep 2018

I am not a fan of Stephen King but right from the beginning I saw it was a twist of Tolkien storytelling…

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By Rendy Jones (321) for Rendy Reviews (320) on 28 Aug 2018

A terribly crafted film with disjointed editing, mediocre performances, and a lazily over familiar three act structure of every generic blockbuster…

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By Late R (405) on 11 Aug 2018

Going into this without having read or even heard of the book, I had high hopes that it would be pretty darn good, especially with Elba and…

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By Maxpayneisgod (92) on 23 Aug 2020

With a source material as epic as The Dark Tower books this movie can be summed up in one word. Disappointing…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for The Critical Movie Critics (78) on 07 Nov 2018

It is not often that one has reservations about a movie adaptation of an epic Stephen King novel series…

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By Fred H (71) on 23 Nov 2018

My brother says this movie has a lot of missed opportunities with the backstories of some stuff, but I like that it makes us use our brains…

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By Kirk B (237) on 04 Jan 2019

Why does everyone hate this? It is an epic tale of the ultimate evil being taken on by the forces of good. I think everyone is excellent…

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By Simen F (10) on 18 Aug 2018

Would be a better film if you haven't read the book…

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