The Dark Tower

Theatrical - Wide 2017-08-04

Cast Idris Elba Matthew McConaughey Tom Taylor Jackie Haley Fran Kranz Michael Barbieri
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Written by Akiva Goldsman Nikolaj Arcel Stephen King

Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy

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Synopsis

Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

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PLOT: The fate of a tower that holds the universe together is in peril as a wizard attempts to destroy it, and only a mythical “gunslinger” and a boy with powerful psychic powers can stop him. REVIEW: There’s a mantra...

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