The Dark Tower

I have a certain odd affection for this widely-panned cosmic fantasy riff on Stephen King's "The Dark Tower"... or, parts of it, anyway. It's got decent acting, with Idriss Elba and Matthew McConnaughey as the good and (very) bad guys, and a couple of passing scenes are decently well done. It sort of loses its way en route to wanting to be the beginning of a hugh, cosmic fantasy/action franchise, and the story gets a bit flabby, but still, it's got its moments. I don't understand why it was panned quite as badly as it was. McConnaughey doesn't play bad guys very often and he pulls it off here.


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