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In a dystopian, alternate-America ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as The Long Walk, where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot.
From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mocking Jay – Pts. 1&2 , and The Ballad of the Songbirds & Snakes), comes THE LONG WALK, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?
Director Francis Lawrence
Writers JT MollnerStephen King
Stars Cooper HoffmanDavid JonssonGarrett Wareing
The Long, Hard, Walk: Dark, Difficult, and Needs Detail
The Atmosphere The Acting The Cinematography The Musical Support The Realism The Dialogue The Character Development The Comedy The Emotions/Thrills The Twists To The Story Summary: King's work is always about establishing the horror atmosphere, something that doesn't always transition in the films when budget, pacing, and a new direction come to mind. The Long Walk, though, is a film that brings King's twisted imagination to life, unleashing a lot of things in the run time they were given.
An atmosphere that is realistic, this dystopian future doesn't seem so distant, which brings that scariness to life in ways no CGI creature can. The foreboding elements of this dystopian U. S. A.
Hit very close to home, and King's story holds so many components that the movie weighs heavily on your mind. Strong cinematography brings the vision to life, filters chosen appropriately to bring the full feeling behind the moments with ashy grey textures and foreboding shadows of the night.
Dynamic angles give you the horrors of the moment in full light, finding the best angles to convey the inevitable, and crush your spirit when the bang goes off. And to keep things constantly moving without losing focus, achieved an engaging spectacle that will match many mental images of the hell such an event would be.
Musical elements elevate these moments further, with a heavy focus on piano-led ballads that serve as an undertone of hope, sadness, and even the fight, depending on which scene you are in. It establishes so much without breaking the budget bank, and to execute this material with this much class, poise, and composure is something I appreciate as a reviewer.
I didn’t like the ending
