Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King, in the parallel realm of Mid-World, the once-respected Gunslinger Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has abandoned his ancient oath to protect the Tower that is being threatened by the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) who seeks to destroy it and life across the universe. In New York City, teenager Jake has recurring visions that signal the end of the universe and when he stumbles upon a hidden portal he travels to Mid-World, meets Roland and the two must embark on an adventure to find the Man in Black and save the Tower.
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.
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Way off coarseYou complete ruined it!! This garbage was no where near the story line of any of the books, plot or character wise!! Ron Howard should be smacked for his contribution to this crap and Stephen King should be ashamed for letting this to even see the light of day.... in the words of Roland, He has forgotten the face of his father..Score: 1/5
Great movie!This is a great continuation of the novels. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie..Score: 5/5
Great MovieLots of action through the movie that keeps you watching. Great acting. Just get lost in it because it's really good!.Score: 5/5
Untentionally hailrious and Stephen King lost his fateThere are few problems with The Dark Tower because this movie not only destroyed the magic from Stephen King's novel which i read before i watched the film and judging by the movie Matthew McConnaughey was poorly casted in the film and so as Idris Elba who was also miss casted in the film as well. Either way The Dark Tower is untentionally hailrious, cliche and totally misses the mark from the actual novel because of it's poorly shot action scenes and wooden acting to punch up this terrible disappointment of a film..Score: 1/5
Would like to see a sequelThe Man in Black creeps me out more than the crimson king. Killing him off probably means there’s not going to be any sequel. Good introduction to the book though!!.Score: 5/5
Terrible from Start to FinishAs someone who read the books and loved them to death but also heard the movie wasn’t as good, I went in with an open mind. Even then I was extremely disappointed at how badly they messed up the movie. It shouldn’t even have the title of dark tower that’s how different this movie is. Even forgetting that it is supposed to link to the books, the movie is terrible in all ways. The action is bland, the effects are sub par and honestly try acting is even pretty poor. I love Idris Elba and Matthew but in this film they are disappointing. Do not recommend this to anyone..Score: 1/5
Not terrible, not greatI expected this to be a bomb from the ratings. Fortunately, it wasn't that bad..its not a 16%, thats not fair. The acting and directing are really good. I know nothing about the mythology and never knew this was a book beforehand. The reason this only gets three stars is becauser the concept is so stupid..I wasvery underehelmed with the concept..Score: 3/5
Surprisingly good movieI was pleasantly surprised with this movie. I never read the Dark Tower series, so I had no prejudice against this presentation. Now I am ready to read the books. I love most all of Stephen King's books, but alas a lot of the screen adaptations don't measure up to his writings..Score: 5/5
Best tenBest move ever.Score: 5/5
A disgrace to the booksStephen king didn't write 4,330 pages of magic and action to be handed this pile of trash. "based on the novels of stephen king" is a huge overstatement..Score: 1/5
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MehI sat through it but was never engaged by it. The actors seemed to be going through the paces never really committing to their parts, for good reason though. The dialogue was poor the premise was ridiculous and really every part of this wretched way to spend time was ...poor. It was barely ok at the price of a buck to rent, certainly not a cent more.Score: 2/5
Incredibly disappointedAs a fan of the series I was horrified at how bad this movie was. I was shocked the Stephen King was one of the producers because it was so wrong. It's almost like he wanted to piss off his Dark Tower fans. If that what he was trying to do then he succeeded. I can't believe I wasted $5.99 renting this crap. Save your money and wait till it's streaming free on the Internet. Although it's not even worth the data you'll have to use to watch it..Score: 1/5
Thought it was great, so there ! ...I just saw this in the theatre & I was entertained, it's a great action flick with the paranormal & a touch of science fiction put in it. I don't know where these so-called "top critics" in reviews from these magazines or new papers, etc. are getting off saying it's crap, these are probably the same people who go into an art museum & look at some pile of stinking manure some obscure "artist" put in the middle of the floor & call it "art" instead. That or maybe they think if they down it so much they hope it'll be released on i-tunes at a cheap price so they can afford it & actually buy it later, secretly. Whatever, if you like action flicks this movie won't disappoint. The soundtrack music at the end with the credits is pretty good too..Score: 5/5
MediocreNot worth the purchase. Acting wasn’t terrible, story just seemed a mile long and a paper thin. I’d recommend watching only in instances of extreme boredom..Score: 2/5
Not nearly as good as the booksThis story should never have been compressed into a mere movie. The seven books carried a lot more weight than the movie ever could have. Perhaps a three or five episode mini series would have better portrayed this work..Score: 3/5
Better than ExpectedI read the books several years ago and forgot most of it. I watched this movie with confusion at first and decided I liked it for what it was. That grain of salt must have helped. It's entertainment based on an idea. It's an idea based on the books and doesn't follow the original story at all. I felt it stood well on its own though. I've learned not to expect much from movies based on books. Not to mention, I pretty much expected this to be different. 1 movie does not equal seven books. It is what it is. It entertained me. The actors did well. The story wasn't what I expected. I went into this not expecting to like it at all. So that might have been why I liked it..Score: 4/5
Really badEven if you don’t know the books well it’s just a bad movie. Not even worth elaborating on. There are better movies than this....Score: 1/5
WOW (not in a good way)I have read some of the books in the series so I was looking forward to the movie based on the books. I am still waiting.... Lets put the books aside and look at the movie just as a movie..... ok its just barely ok. Some interesting action, some interesting sifi but thats about it. Its interesting. I like Elba and he did a good job of the gun slinger role and McConaughey did a good evil villian role but other then that the performances were weak, the script is weak etc etc. Rend do not buy..Score: 3/5
So so...Having read the books (series), you can see that a lot have been incorporated in just one movie... It could have been a trilogy easy ! Overall, not good but not bad. Ending could have been better written..Score: 3/5
Yet another failed Stephen King adaptationI had high hopes for the Dark Tower, sadly the critics are correct on this one. It's actually hard to figure out what exactly is the nail in the coffin on the movie. It seems so flat overall, acting peformances are flat, the story is flat, the execution is flat, action sequences are flat. Nothing really seems to generate any excitement or tension. It's like the actors were new to green screen acting or simply didn't give a damn. Everyone just goes through the motions and delivers their lines, but you get no sense of urgency or importance to any of it. You would think the end of the world would generate some tension? Maybe we've just seen it all too often now to buy in to it, or the toned down violence to target a younger audience did it in? Who knows, but it's a sad way to spend your entertainment dollars watching this movie..Score: 2/5
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