The Dark Tower

IT TOOK 10 years and several writers and directors before this movie – based on novels by Stephen King – saw the light of day.

The movie feels strangely longer than its one-and-a-half-hour run time, and that is mainly due to scenes that are too long. Despite this, the ending feels rushed.

The movie evolves around young Jake Chambers (Taylor), who has nightmarish dreams of a strange man in black (McConaughey) trying to destroy a dark tower.

Jake also sees a gunslinger called Roland (Elba), who is the enemy of the Man in Black.

Meanwhile, the real world is suffering from a series of mysterious earthquakes that coincide with Jake’s dreams.

He draws out all that he sees, and his mother (Katheryn Winnick) is naturally concerned, but her new husband is not sympathetic.

When she relents to her husband’s decision to send Jake to a special camp for troubled children, Jake realises his nightmares are true.

He runs away to find a house he saw earlier in his dreams, and finds a doorway to another world where he meets Roland.

After some misunderstandings, Roland tells Jake that Walter, the Man in Black, plans to destroy the dark tower using the mind power of special children.

Once destroyed, there is nothing to stop Walter from entering our world with his monsters and taking over.

The storyline is predictable, and if it weren’t for the charisma of McConaughey and Elba, this movie would instantly be relegated to Bgrade status.

Unfortunately, it still lacks a

certain amount of depth to make it more memorable, but go watch it for the lead actors and some cool action scenes.