![]() Excluding Roland and Jake Chambers, nobody in this film feels like anything other than a plot point. I couldn’t help but sigh out-loud when I heard them because they’re emblematic of the main thing The Dark Tower is lacking – heart. The Gunslinger’s Creed ends with the line, “You kill with your heart,” and while you hear that line more than once throughout the movie, as far as the plot’s concerned they’re just magic words. Why is The Man in Black so evil? Who were the mysterious Gunslingers? Who are the monsters working for The Man in Black? All of these questions and more popped into my head while I watched the movie, and absolutely none of them were answered. That’s a bummer because the world that’s introduced, as I’m sure any fan of the series knows, is incredibly interesting. Jake Chambers ( Tom Taylor), a kid who lives on Earth sees Roland and The Man in Black in his dreams, and he manages to make his way into Mid-World where they reside.Ĭlocking in at just under 90 minutes, every second of the film is focused on hurtling towards a climactic fight between Roland and The Man in Black. ![]() The Man in Black ( Matthew McConaughey) wants to bring the tower down and Roland ( Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger is on a quest to stop him. The Dark Tower creates a powerful forcefield around an infinite number of worlds and it keeps monsters out. Unfortunately, months of alleged troubled production, along with a boring and uninspired screenplay, and TV-quality visual effects all add up to make one of the most forgettable movies I’ve seen since Rings.ĭespite the source material’s meaty premise, the film keeps things pretty simple. The Dark Tower is one of two films based on Stephen King novels coming out in the next two months, and it’s the one I was hoping most to succeed.
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