The Long Walk: a Brutal, Brilliant Film About Suffering in the Name of Patriotism

The Long Walk: a brutal, brilliant film about suffering in the name of patriotism

The Long Walk is one of several high-profile film adaptations of Stephen King’s lesser-known works to be released this year, coming out just after The Life of Chuck. Director Francis Lawrence’s film is adapted from the novella written while the author was at university in the late 1960s – a story wasn’t published until 1979. It was, however, released under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, which King reserved for some of his most unflinching and ha…

Review | ‘The Long Walk’ is a bloody march through an all-too-near future

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