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WHERE WE JUDGE PREVIEWS WITH POPCORN-POWERED PRECISION.
We blazing with excitement or eye-rolling with boredom?
The Long Walk, in theaters September 12
Quick Take: it’s the kind of dystopia that doesn’t feel far off. “The Long Walk” trailer rattles with realism.
BREAKDOWN
Story Hook: a bunch of young adults choose to sign up for The Long Walk, a life-or-death trek with unknown (to the audience) but bountiful rewards at the finish line– if you can make it there.
Visual Impact: unfantasy fantasy. As of now, this concept feels fantastic but no longer distant. Rooting it in the real world helps square us in real world fears.
Performance Promises: An ensemble with pack-leader vibes, this trailer boasts a chilling mystery where we can’t tell who’s soldier and who’s savior, but by the end nobody’s life is the same. Even in this tiny snippet they demonstrate the weight of irreparable change.
Pertinents: From Lionsgate, this is the trailer for a one hour and 48 minute Sci-fi/Horror based on a Stephen King novel. From a screenplay by JT Mollner, Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games) directs up-and-coming stars David Jonsson (Rye Lane), Cooper Hoffman and Ben Wang and tops it off with veterans Judy Greer and Mark Hamill.
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