Review of The Dark Tower (2017) by Matt P — 01 Oct 2017

Short and rushed with alot of Mythology gags.

This review of The Dark Tower (2017) was written by Matt P on 01 Oct 2017.

The Dark Tower has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Bill H (348) 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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By Ethan S (202) on 11 Aug 2018

I'll preface this review by saying that I've never read any of the novels in Stephen King's Dark Tower series…

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By Peter W (1,106) 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 Kt Schaefer (70) for Substream Magazine (56) on 08 Nov 2018

The Dark Tower seeks to satisfy the fans of the books and appeal to newcomers with a self-contained story and in doing so it fails at both…

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By Kent Garrison (58) for Mad About Movies Podcast (98) on 15 Nov 2018

I didn't think it was possible to make a Stephen King story seem unimaginative until now…

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

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By Michelle Kisner (77) for The Movie Sleuth (77) on 07 Nov 2018

What was once a dark horror/sci-fi/western is now a generic and unoffensive Young Adult flick, palatable to nobody and focus group tested within…

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By Jota3C (1) on 15 Jul 2020

I'm not sure why all the hate on this movie on the reviews. For me, a King fan that don't read (yet) the dark tower books (shame…

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By Broyax (884) on 15 Sep 2018

Je découvre lors du générique de fin que le film est une adaptation des nouvelles de Stephen King…

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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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