Adjepong Brown as Brown. Stephen Hopkins. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A young Roland Deschain investigates a treacherous plot in the town of Mejis far from his home of Gilead. It is here he finds love and learns of his true destiny. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia According to Stephen King, as of October , the tv series will be a complete reboot and not connected to the film adaptation.
User reviews Be the first to review. FAQ 3. What channel will this be on? Why isn't there mention of Cuthbert Allgood in the cast list of this series? However, Jake's mother, stepfather and psychiatrists dismiss these as dreams resulting from the trauma of his father's death the previous year. At his apartment home in New York City, a group of workers from an alleged psychiatric facility offer to rehabilitate Jake; recognizing them from his visions as monsters wearing human skin, he flees from the workers who give chase.
Jake tracks down an abandoned house from one of his visions where he discovers a high-tech portal that leads to a post-apocalyptic world called Mid-World.. There are other worlds than these. Rated PG for thematic material including sequences of gun violence and action. Did you know Edit. Goofs Roland starts out with a wounded right arm, using his left to shoot and to pay the doctor with a coin in the hospital, but on the bus he takes pills and drinks a Coke with his right arm while holding his left arm limp.
Quotes Roland Deschain : I do not aim with my hand. Crazy credits Right at the very end of the credits, you hear the ominous whistle. User reviews Review. Top review. The not so Dark Tower. Stephen King is notoriously difficult to adapt, some of his work near-unfilmable or at least with parts that are i.
Hearing that there was going to be a film, part of me was a little excited but there was even more apprehension considering the scale and length of the series on the whole. Also because of the reception the film received, being critically panned but the audience reaction being much more mixed. After seeing it, 'The Dark Tower' to me wasn't as bad as reputed to be and could have been far worse.
The complaints however are understandable and valid, contrary to what those vehemently and in some cases condescendingly say those who found problems with the film do know what they're talking about. There are merits with 'The Dark Tower', but it has a lot of problems that cannot be ignored, no matter how hard people try. Considering the track record for Stephen King adaptations, it was useless expecting a straight up adaptation on my part and the film was seen with no aim to compare the different mediums and instead judge it on its own.
There are also far worse, such as 'Children of the Corn' , 'Sleepwalkers', 'Tommyknockers', 'Thinner', 'Dreamcatcher' and 'The Langoliers' of the ones seen, there's some to go yet. As an adaptation, it's pretty much an abortion, asking for a straight up faithful adaptation of one book was a big ask but this feels like a severely truncated cliff-notes version of one book with fleeting references to the others.
This did affect the pacing and storytelling of the film, and reinforced the notion in my mind that the books are better adapted as a series of at least two hour films or a series of mini-series. One film of just over 90 minutes, whether in comparison to the books or on its own, just doesn't cut it.
It's not an irredeemable film by all means. The acting was the best asset, with a calmly stoic, gravitas-filled and the personification of authoritative dignity Idris Elba particularly acquitting himself well.
Tom Taylor is also credible, instead of bland or annoying or both he holds his own. While views on Matthew McConaughey's villain were more mixed, McConaughey to me had a few uneven moments where he was too smug blame the writing more than him though but mostly he was suitably sinister. For a limited budget, 'The Dark Tower' could have looked worse.
Not everything visually works, but it's skilfully photographed, atmospherically lit and has some quite authentic production design. The action is choreographed reasonably well and has suspense, excitement and tension. The music has some haunting moments and positively pulsates. However, 'The Dark Tower' is far too short and feels very rushed as a result of cramming in a lot. The film does try to do too much and doesn't have the length to do much with any of it, which makes a lot of elements underwritten and without much impact.
Not everything works visually. Some of the editing is sloppy and the visual effects look like they were made last minute and with the worst of budget limitations.
The direction shows unease with the material, while the story is choppy and the ending rushed and anti-climactic. Read about it at the IMDb. Reviewer: tedmcburnett - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 22, Subject: Great Opportunity A wonderful opportunity to see film that is made with consideration and time devoted to a story that allows actresses and actors an opportunity to utilize their acting talents.
The sets are authentic and portray a bygone era of entertainment that has slipped away from us. Reviewer: kingfast - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 3, Subject: Anne Crawford Any film with Anne Crawford in it will get five stars from me, but this also earns them on its own merits.
A circus drama with Anne as one of the pair of acrobats. Herbert Lom plays the stranger whose psychic powers transform the circuses fortunes, but lead to disruption and animosity. Great stuff. Reviewer: Dr Feel Rotten - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 6, Subject: MUCH much better than expected I expected a snorefest here, but this one surprised me with it's great acting and nice side plots and twists even if the circus acts themselves weren't really all that impressive..
Watch this movie before you die of boredom watching old crappy cowboy movies! Reviewer: maineatticus - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 5, Subject: A must watch British movies of the s,40s and 50s are my passion so when I saw this listed I had to watch. It was great to see so much talent packed into a great story. Anne Crawford was only 35 when she died of leukemia, but we can see in this movie the great actress she might have become.
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