The dystopian cinema isn't more shocking than the latest Stephen King story, directed by that fanatic Francis Lawrence. this Hunger Games The filmmakers do an excellent job here to prove their hands repetitive repetitions easily. although A long walk It does not completely escape the limitations of its narrative, it has a lot of emotions and hearts, marking the best King adaptation. Of course, that didn't make it any harder.
The novel was written by King when he was only 19 years old and is the author's first book, although it was not published until 1979 under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. The premise is that the country is in a serious economic depression after a terrorist war that took place decades ago. To raise morale and counteract what he described as the “lazy pop,” it was a titular contest called “main” (Mark Hamill) created with simple rules. Fifty young men, one from each state, were selected by the lottery until they fell. Not from exhaustion, but from the head if they can't keep pace at least three miles per hour. The last position gets financial windfalls and gives a single wish, any wish. Just like They shoot horses, don't they? On steroids.
A long walk
Bottom line
Hard but powerful.
release date: Friday, September 12
Throw: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greerton, Judy Greerton
director: Francis Lawrence |
screenwriter:JT Mollner
Rated R, 1 hour and 48 minutes
Apart from some brief flashbacks that spell out a character’s backstory, the film focuses only on walking, lasting for days and hundreds of miles. The young people started naturally, but exhaustion, physical weakness and psychological stress eventually caused them to harm them one by one. If they don't keep up, the sinister soldiers escorting them in the jeep will give them a series of warnings. Then they brutally sent them, which in euphemism is called “get the vote.”
Among the brave, stupid participants, there is Ray (Cooper Hoffman), Licorice pizza), his motivation for participation goes far beyond financial needs, and Pat (David Jonsson), Alien: romulus), he forms a direct bond with him. Others encounter the cross-section of the typical character in a war movie, which is not surprising because A long walk Essentially, it feels like one. They include the wisdom Hank (Ben Wang); the optimistic art (Tut Nyuot); the lonely Stubbins (Garrett Wareing); the angry Bakovic (Charlie Plummer), Leaning on Pitt); and curls of underage (Roman Griffin Davis), Jojo Rabbit).
As we walk through something that looks like the Midwest, the graphics on the screen give us an idea of how many miles and days we have gone through. Along the way, various bystanders will regularly observe a growing number of young people who look like they come out of photos of Walker Evans’ depression era, and the major wearing sunglasses, who publish a series of ill-fact, blasphemous pets. At one point, the walkers briefly raised their morale with a vibrant hymn of “Fuck Long Walk.”
What saves this movie from boredom is the feature, even in the shortest time. One contestant was shockingly the first victim of the film entering the film, and only then did the champion flash on the screen. A growing passionate friendship between Ray, who never support others when they start to stagger, and Peter still positively influences their influence no matter what the circumstances.
Just like the loving relationship between Ray and his mother (Judy Greer), she struggles every moment on screen, Ray and his father (Josh Hamilton) see in flashbacks that they stand provocatively on the military regime and inspire Ray.
Director Lawrence (Lawrence, who hopes to direct a romantic comedy soon, even if it’s just for mental health) keeps a firm grasp of the proceedings, even though most of the actions are included in most of the actions made up of characters in barren countryside, make them visually interesting.
He also generated excellent performances from Hoffman and Jonson, both showing strong leadership potential, as well as the youthful ensemble throughout. Not to mention Hamill Chuck's Life.