The Long Walk | Film Review
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A group of teenage boys participate in a gruelling competition, being forced to walk continuously or face deadly consequences. I had heard so many great things about this film, but because the idea of the story didn’t completely appeal to me, I was a bit apprehensive going in about whether or not I’d like it. Thankfully I loved the film. For a start, as much as I didn’t love the premise, I do love Stephen King stories, and this is so undeniably King, while also throwing in a sprinkle of The Hunger Games. As most of the film is dialogue-based, you have to have great actors and characters to make this work, and these actors and their characters are the best thing about the film. The characters are interesting for so many reasons, not least because they’re in this competition in the first place, so you want to find out as much about them as possible. They’re all really different, they have such interesting interactions with each other, and they’re what keep you watching. The actors ...
