The Dark Tower Reviews: 9 Early Reactions You Need To See
7. But The Lead Actors Are Not To Blame
"The Dark Tower is a thoroughly average take on some truly incredible source material. While the fantastic leads do the best with what they're given, it's ultimately not enough to compensate for a lack of time spent building characters and their motivations in the script.” - IGN
"Despite strong performances from leads Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, The Dark Tower is too meager to feel grandiose, and too haphazard to feel grounded." - Collider
So there you have it. Lead actors Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey are not to blame for The Dark Tower's underwhelming cinematic debut.
The media consensus indicates that both men do their best with the wafer-then screenplays they were handed, with Elba's Roland shining during the action set pieces and McConaughey bringing the right amount of dark gravitas to the Man in Black.
Even the reviews that are more critical of McConaughey's performance describe it as "enjoyably bad". One even compares it to RuPaul playing Clint Eastwood, which is something we've got to see.