The Dark Tower
2017
- Director: Nikolaj Arcel
- Based on books by Stephen King
- Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Idris Elba –The Mountain Between Us, Molly’s Game, Prometheus, Thor, 28 Weeks Later, The Wire, Crocodile Shoes, Absolutely Fabulous
- Matthew
McConaughey – Interstellar, The Lincoln
Lawyer, EDtv, Amistad, Contact
- Abbey Lee – Mad Max Fury Road
- Why? Idris Elba
- Seen: 18 January 2020
Unexplained earthquakes in New York.
Young Jake (Taylor) has nightmares about a tower. He says the earthquakes are
because the tower is under attack. Darkness and fire will come if the tower
collapses. His parents and psychiatrist and everyone else think he’s crazy.
Roland (Elba) is a gunslinger. Walter (McConaughey)
is the evil Man in Black is determined to destroy the tower. Jake narrowly
escapes the child snatchers and ends up in the world of his nightmare.
It sounds a bit silly but actually it’s
exciting. Jake is given much more character here than in the book (I’ve only
read the first one) which is a wise choice. Sorry, Stephen King, I enjoy your
books but this film is better than your Tower books. But the shooting gets
boring.
3*
of 5.
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