![]() ![]() The Man in Black hopes to tear down the Tower by kidnapping kids, like Jake, who have the supernatural ability to "shine" (ala Danny Torrance in The Shining). Turns out our universe is held together and protected by a large Dark Tower. ![]() This film version follows an eleven-year-old boy named Jake Chambers, who has premonitions and nightmares of a mysterious Man in Black (McConaughey), who is looking to take over the world and destroy it with a bunch of evil monsters that are disguised in human skin. Sure, the visuals look good, but The Dark Tower lacks ambition or any real sense of story or resemblance to King's eight-novel, genre-defying series. Yet, what follows is a heavy-handed 95-minute film that feels devoid of any real creative content. ![]() Abrams and Ron Howard came and went, producer Akiva Goldsman teamed with director Nikolaj Arcel, who had most recently helmed A Royal Affair, to produce the movie for Sony. It's just sad to see the final result, which effectively proves how difficult this property is (has been) to develop. Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, was finally released on the big screen after years of fan anticipation. ![]()
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