Review of The Dark Tower (2017) by Ronald W — 16 Aug 2017

Solid genre summer fare. Straightforward fantasy with likable characters.

This review of The Dark Tower (2017) was written by Ronald W on 16 Aug 2017.

The Dark Tower has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Louis J (40) 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 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 Josh H (1,272) on 23 Nov 2018

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By Liviu S (6) on 13 Jul 2018

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By Nguyen Le (136) for InSession Film (54) on 09 Oct 2018

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By Edward B (550) on 02 Nov 2018

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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 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 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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