Review of The Dark Tower (2017) by Luke M — 19 Aug 2017

Fantastic film with three excellent performances. McConaughey was very scary as the villain.

This review of The Dark Tower (2017) was written by Luke M on 19 Aug 2017.

The Dark Tower has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Emil W (83) on 24 Sep 2018

I must be missing something, but I thought it was a very good movie and did a good job of summing up Stephen King's books. Sorry, but I liked it…

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