Review: 'The Long Walk,' Adapted From Stephen King Novel, Brings Empathy to Big Screen

Review: 'The Long Walk,' adapted from Stephen King novel, brings empathy to big screen

In Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel, “The Long Walk,” no one is spared from the drudgeries of the long walk of our miniscule lives. Lawrence’s film — for which King co-wrote the screenplay — is an account…

Review: ‘The Long Walk’

Rating: 7/10 Spoilers ahead for “The Long Walk.” We go to the movie theaters for magic, that indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim and then see a person defecating while walking to avoid being shot in the head?  That is indeed why we go to the movies, and why people are going to watch “The Long Walk,” the new dystopian thriller from Francis Lawrence of “The Hunger Games” directing fame.  Adapted from a 1979 Stephen King novel…

Interview: THE LONG WALK Composer Jeremiah Fraites Gets to the Heart of Stephen King

The Long Walk doesn’t dress up Stephen King’s story to be anything that it isn’t. Francis Lawrence’s adaptation stays true to the lean, often cruel spirit of the book, in which young men walk for their lives and a fat cash prize. All the complexity is behind the simplicity — that’s the spirit of The Long Walk. Composer Jeremiah Fraites went for minimalism as well, mostly through piano and strings. The Long Walk is the first feature-length film F…

The Long Walk: Stephen King’s Dystopian Death March – The Quad: Student News Service of WCU

Image Credits: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. via thelongwalk.movie Dystopian fiction is one of those kinds of genres that is a hard sell to some audiences. After a hard day’s work, or during troubled times, some people generally want stories that are happy and rejuvenating like “Superman,” (2025) instead of sitting down to read “1984” (1949). One such dystopian story is also the latest Stephen King novel to get the Hollywood treatment: “The Long…

‘The Long Walk’ turns the ordinary into the disturbingly grotesque

4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 “The Long Walk” is a brutally raw take on the dystopian death game genre, first imagined by Stephen King and brought to the screens Sept. 12 by director Francis Lawrence. The film follows 50 boys as they walk down an endless road surrounded by tanks and gunmen until one remains. “The Long Walk” is not for the faint of heart.  Its death sequences are graphic, disturbing and grounded in a way that prevents the viewer from s…

Garrett Wareing Compares The Long Walk to The Hunger Games

The Long Walk star Garrett Wareing compares the film to Hunger Games, and notes that its story predates the massive YA wave.