Review of The Dark Tower (2017) by Christopher Schobert for Buffalo News — 03 Aug 2017

The Dark Tower is a crushing disappointment for Stephen King fans.

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This review of The Dark Tower (2017) was written by Christopher Schobert and published by Buffalo News on 03 Aug 2017.

The Dark Tower has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Late R (405) on 11 Aug 2018

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

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By Abr (30) on 30 Nov 2018

Empty movie and just waste of time. Good idea ruined during the realisation. Elba was a bad choise for main character here…

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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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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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