Synopsis
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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Cast
- Idris ElbaRoland Deschain
- Matthew McConaugheyWalter O’Dim
- Tom TaylorJake Chambers
- Claudia KimArra Champignon
- Fran KranzPimli Prentiss
- Abbey LeeTirana
- Jackie Earle HaleyRichard Sayre
- Katheryn WinnickLaurie Chambers
- Dennis HaysbertSteven Deschain
- Michael BarbieriTimmy
Recommandations
- 70
Variety
It’s a highly competent and watchable paranoid metaphysical video game that doesn’t overstay its welcome, includes some luridly entertaining visual effects, and — it has to be said — summons an emotional impact of close to zero. Which in a film like this one isn’t necessarily a disadvantage. - 50
IGN
The Dark Tower is a thoroughly average take on some truly incredible source material. While the fantastic leads do the best with what they’re given, it’s ultimately not enough to compensate for a lack of time spent building characters and their motivations in the script. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Though satisfying enough to please many casual moviegoers drawn in by King's name and stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, it will likely disappoint many serious fans and leave other newbies underwhelmed. - 42
Consequence
Bringing the action of future Dark Tower novels forward isn’t a sin. The sin is not having nearly enough space for it. The film is breathless in all the worst ways as a result. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Bad dialogue, lame plot, fine. The bigger issue: How could a film with Elba and McConaughey have so little swagger? - 40
The Guardian
It’s rare that a film so convoluted also manages to be so determinedly boring. - 33
IndieWire
King’s Dark Tower universe is rich with cultural reference points and is always totally unpredictable, but in cutting it down to consolidate its highlights, The Dark Tower can’t even shoot the most necessary bullets straight. - 30
ScreenCrush
Even when the movie around him is total garbage nonsense, it is fun to watch Idris Elba; the way he walks, the way he stares at people with eyes blazing with intensity. He is an ideal action hero. He looks like the coolest man who ever lived in his fantasy Western garb, and he moves with a rare combination of grace and force, like the greatest possible combination of Gene Kelly and Chow Yun-Fat. He makes an amazing Gunslinger. Sadly, he’s trapped in a not-very-good Gunslinger movie.
