The Dark Tower

2017

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Western

613
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 44% · 278 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 154634 154.6K

mind control gunslinger based on novel or book portal parallel world another world

Plot summary

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

Director

Nikolaj Arcel Photo
Nikolaj Arcel

Top cast

Emily Child Photo
Emily Child as Herb Woman
Idris Elba Photo
Idris Elba as Roland
Katheryn Winnick Photo
Katheryn Winnick as Laurie
Matthew McConaughey Photo
Matthew McConaughey as Walter
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703.89 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 22
1.45 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
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1 hr 35 min
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4.41 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
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1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Norman_French 7 / 10

"Have a great apocalypse"

I did NOT read the books; I had not even heard of this movie; it's a random DVR grab from cable. I enjoyed it, despite some minor flaws.PROS: We have some great casting -- Mathew McConaughey is creepy and effective as The Man in Black and Idris Elba is perfect as the slightly washed-up Gunslinger (capital G as there is a knightly connotation). The pacing is pleasantly fast; the director expects the audience to piece together some of the background story instead of having it entirely spoon-fed to them. I liked this approach; it exercised my brain a bit.CONS: The underlying plot structure is quite standard, and this makes some developments rather predictable. Also, it's rather convenient that everyone in the universe speaks English.IN SUM: It's fun and a bit different. I like the mixing of tech from different worlds. I give this seven (7) stars for escapist entertainment.
Reviewed by gghodge 7 / 10

Haven't read the books

As someone who hasn't read the Stephen King books that the movie is based on I have a different perspective than other reviewers. If you're comparing a movie to a book then it's pretty rare that you will not be disappointed but if you have nothing to compare it to then you look at it as a stand alone piece of work and this is not too bad. It's pretty much a good vs evil story. Mathew McCoughanhey is very evil and Idris Elba is very good. The story is good and the acting is excellent. Okay nobody will win an Oscar for this but on the other hand you don't start watching this and think what the hell am I wasting my time on this for. Not a bad movie as long as you haven't read the books apparently.
Reviewed by stevecheaney 7 / 10

Ignore the Stephen King bores

If you're unable to recite every line of every Stephen King novel and are able to just sit and enjoy a romp of an adventure then this is worth a watchIt has a smattering of subtlety scary scenes which give you a hint of evil and it's well pacedThe relationship between The Gunslinger and Jake is really endearing and maybe that's what drew me to this moreso than the plot etc....I really enjoyed it, in fact I've watched it a couple of times.
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