Its a question that loomed over the project even asreports surfacedof a troubled production and last-minute edits.

Perhapsthe proposed television serieswill have better luck.

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Darren Franich (Entertainment Weekly)Bad dialogue, lame plot, fine.

The bigger issue: How could a film with Elba and McConaughey have so littleswagger?

Theres your cinema: Darkness, wasteland,gunslinger.

You could watch that tableau for hours: Its a Sergio Leone movie in 12 words.

It aims low and hits (sort of).

Which in a film like this one isnt necessarily a disadvantage.

Angie Han (Mashable)The Dark Towerisnt really a movie for people whove never read Stephen KingsDark Towerbooks.

But its probably not for people who have read the books, either.

The movie version is disappointingly lacking in the magic of Kings novels.

He is an ideal action hero.