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Last Updated: Aug 20, 2017 - 10:23:19 PM |
Worlds collide in an adventure that is not always the best of both worlds.
One of the taglines for this movie: One Sworn To Protect It. One Sworn To Destroy It. A young teen with visions of another world accidentally enters that world when beings from it try to capture him under false pretenses. While there he must team up with a legendary hero to stop a legendary evil threatening to bring about the end of all of creation.
Jake Chambers is a boy with special psychic abilities that make him valuable to beings from another dimension wishing to use his gift in a way that could destroy an ancient construct. Roland Deschain is the last of an elite group called Gunslingers who fought against the Man in Black and his army to safe guard the representation of the nexus point for all dimensions. Steven Deschain is Roland’s father who taught him how to become a Gunslinger, but when he is struck down in the line of duty his sacrifice fuels his son's rage to avenge his death. Walter Padick is an ageless sorcerer looking for the being in the different dimensions manifesting the gift in such a way that he can use it to destroy the Dark Tower and take over existence.
The Dark Tower is an interesting motion picture that takes the original details of the source material to create a standard action movie that gives you just a taste of the intricate story but lacks context and depth. This movie does a decent job of taking on a fun ride, but it is way too short for the the type of world building it wants to immerse you in. Idris Elba and Tom Taylor have a good dynamic when their characters each deal with fish out of water scenarios but the movie fails to flesh out Matthew McConaughey’s villain character. Nikolaj Arcel does an okay job directing this film, but it shows that this was his first film not made for a Danish audience with missed opportunities in the storytelling. This motion picture reminded me of movies like the 90’s Last Action Hero and the 80’s Cloak & Dagger due to the focus on the young adult in the story, but I get the feeling it would have been better if it focused on the mature protagonist and antagonist. The vibe of this cinematic adaption of the series of Stephen King books hints at a potential of a great film that never rises beyond just a good movie. I rate this movie a rating of 3 out of 5.
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Rouén Robinson has been an
avid moviegoer since childhood and has been critiquing motion pictures
for almost a decade. He has been a film critic for
The Cinemas on Tempo and was a judge for
FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island, an off shoot of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). Rouén lives in Grand Bahama and can be reached at redr1976@icloud.com and on Twitter @thereelrouen
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