Review: The Dark Tower Is a Fantasy That Runs Like Business as Usual

A person who’s only glancing familiar with Steven King’s Dark Tower novels—me—can’t make a wholly accurate prediction of whether or not the film adaptation, starring Idris Elba as a fantasy-world gunslinger named, simply enough, Gunslinger, will satisfy fans. But given how eagerly awaited this film has been, it’s safe to say that readers who love the series deserve a movie version made with more imagination, and less rote efficiency, than this one.