Netflix is getting ready to pack away a Stephen King sci-fi tale, and viewers are eyeing the clock with only a few weeks left before it vanishes. The Dark Tower will step out of the streaming doors on December 1 (per CBR), and it is slipping away quietly beside films like Paddington, Beverly Hills Cop, Clueless and The Equaliser.
The Dark Tower Movie Plot & Cast
The Dark Tower starred Idris Elba as the stoic gunslinger Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as his sinister enemy Walter Padick. Tom Taylor played Jake Chambers, the young boy who sees visions of another world and steps into Roland’s dangerous universe.
The film pulled pieces from Stephen King’s eight-book series and tried to squeeze it all into one quick attempt at franchise magic. It mixed ideas from the first and third books and told the story of a dark tower that holds the universe together, and if it fell, so would everything else.
Several fans had long dreamed of seeing this story on the big screen. The studio wanted sequels and a grand saga, but instead it stumbled with negative reviews and a thin box office.
Rotten Tomatoes Delivered Harsh Scores
Rotten Tomatoes painted the picture with numbers. Critics handed over a weak 16% while audiences managed a slightly kinder 44%.
On Rotten Tomatoes, one blasted it as “One of the worst Stephen King movies I’ve ever seen. Don’t think the movie producers even read the books. As soon as I saw that the 7 novel series was being condensed into 1 1/2 hour movie, I knew it would be terrible. Such a waste of talent for some great actors and a waste of time watching this garbage.”
Another added, “Hot Garbage. While I am a big fan of the source material, I never judge a movie on how it relates to it. Movies hardly ever measure up. This is a disjointed, jumbled mess that is hard to watch and understand.”
But in the middle of all this loud disappointment, a few voices calmly defended it. One said, “I’m surprised they were able to fit as much into the movie as they did when the movie is only a little over 90 minutes long. It doesn’t have the most sound plot, and the story felt a little incomplete. Overall, it had great visuals and was really enjoyable to watch.”
A second added, “The Dark Tower Universe is interesting. So interesting that you hope the movie would give you more of itself. I enjoyed it. Overall, it’s a good movie, not a great movie, but still worth a watch.”
A third backed up, “Ive never been at odds with so many critics, but I enjoyed this film.”
So before the gates close on December 1, some may press play and see for themselves. The Dark Tower may not have conquered the critics but it still holds a strange pull, and sometimes, one watch is all a story needs.
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