Customer Ratings & Reviews

Movie is awesome in 4K, picture and sound are great!

Great to find this Stephen King movie as a steelbook!

What a crazy action movie full of mystery and craze

This movie is so underrated. It was a great movie.

Great movie, suspenseful! Definitely a watch over!!

This movie didn't really deliver everything that Stephen King fans were hoping for. It's hard to cram all that story into one film.

I have heard that those that have read the books didn't really care for the movie. I never read any of the series, but even I can see that things could have been better. Elba and Mcconaughey were great but there was a big missed opportunity in building the world for the viewer to understand. 30 more minutes of movie and it could have been great. As it sits, I don't regret the purchase, but it is not something I will remember for very long.

Giving it 3 stars because code to get digital copy states it was invalid, I email Sony and as of yet heard no response

I never read the book so from what I hear if you read the book you won’t like the movie much but going in blind I liked it.

Being a huge fan of King's book series, I was looking forward to a faithful adaptation for years. As soon as Akiva Goldsman and Ron Howard got involved, my hopes plummeted. Creative visionaries, they are not. After many fits and starts, what we eventually got was a boiled down, modestly budgeted actioner that makes more poor choices than correct ones. What works: Locations and sets. In the special features, director Nikolaj Arcel discusses how they wanted to present landscapes we hadn't seen before to illustrate Mid-World. The cliffs where Roland and Jake first meet are beautifully photographed and are used effectively. Also, the abandoned theme park is suitably aged and ominous. Finally, the sequences in and around NYC are engaging and flavor what unfortunately feels like a small scale film. The hints at the larger mythology. The Sombra Corporation branding, the Horn of Eld, the Crimson King graffiti, and the ties to the shared universe all brought a smile to my face, even if they aren't used nearly enough. What doesn't work: Nearly everything else. The most egregious aspects are the script, the action sequences, and the score. It was a major mistake to try and melt eight books into a single coherent story. This, to me, indicates a lack of confidence in the material. Several times in the special features, it's mentioned how "difficult" everyone involved felt an adaptation would be. I'm sure it was difficult to figure out a Reader's Digest version of this sprawling, complex, and epic story. Maybe you should've planned something along the lines of a trilogy of films with runtimes more befitting epic storytelling. Instead you hedge your bets and try to wrap up nearly everything in ninety minutes. Ugh. The climactic action sequence is boring and borderline silly. Never mind that Roland is portrayed as being some sort of superhumanly skilled shooter. And the music. THE MUSIC. Instead of melancholy notes, or something approaching Morricone like spaghetti supremacy, we get a bland, rousing, and ultimately forgettable soundscape. Sigh. While the 4K presentation is definitely impressive, and I admittedly got a charge from seeing a few of the Ka Tet (though not all, for some reason... I wanted Oy, dangit!), and I honestly enjoyed a few aspects of the movie, THE DARK TOWER is a crushing disappointment to this fan. What a massive missed opportunity this was to appropriate a shared cinematic universe and create a new beloved franchise. In almost every way, the opposite approach of what should've been done is employed. I'll probably pop this in from time to time and maybe I'll eventually enjoy it despite its many flaws (like I do with Lynch's DUNE), but right now I weep for what could've been. Here's to hoping we get a proper adaptation or a Game of Thrones style TV show sometime in the future. I will say that Best Buy's exclusive steelbook is very nice to look at, though!

Have been a long-time Stephen King fan, but converting his books into film has always been a challenge. Critics reviews of this one kept me away from the movie theater, but had to see it once it came out on blu-ray/dvd. Much better than I expected. The three main characters are brought to life, respectful of the book, and the use of special effects helps, though it does not overpower the story. Glad I bought it.

This DVD, "The Dark Tower" seemed to have squeezed a much longer storyline into a single, short movie. It was only ok.

Yes, I've read the Dark Tower books, and yes, this does not follow them. It is however a story based in that world so I was still entertained by it having only read the books and comics it was nice to get a movie adaptation. Fans may not care for it but if you're curious it's still an interesting story with some nods to other Stephen King works. It's a standalone film and it's not necessary to have read the books.

I love this movie. A lot of people didn't but I did so when I saw the Steelbook go on sale, I had to pick it up. If you've read the Dark Tower books, you will notice that there are quite a bit of differences from the books but it was done well. For one thing, you can't fit all of the content from the seven books into a two hour movie. I think this was done well and I am happy to have the movie in my collection

Look I get it, it was not accurate to the books I never read the series and I bet it's 100x better than this fluff, but for what we got it was harmless 90-minute action entertainment. Idris proves once again he is one of the most underrated action stars of the last decade. The 4k is really good, a stunning transfer. The effects were also top-notch, especially the finale. worth seeing just for the transfer.

This movie has me with a mixed review. I liked what I saw but just needed more from it to love it.

this was a good movie to pick up on special. the story was good, movie needed to be beter

So, if you are a fan of Sci-fi and action and Stephen King-esque scripts, this film will surely fit your tastes. Critics these days pontificate on how they would like to see movies, but subsequently forget to acknowledge whether or not they were entertained. It has to be more of an experience to them. This movie is great and I was entertained from start to Finish.

I read a review stating that it was a good movie if you look at it from the respect that it is another telling of the dark tower story. Totally spot on. Captures some key points of the books but not all so you may be disappointed if you loved the books and you’re looking for that experience. I wish they would have done this in a series rather than just one movie.

Was an ok movie but had absolutely nothing to do with the books. Glad I saw the movie first.