OUT NOW The Long Walk

Added to Calendar: 09-12-25

Infamous114 said:
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PRAISE: Right out the gate I'm going to say The Long Walk is the best screen adaptation of a Stephen King story since 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. The story is about a dystopian near-future America where one hundred teenage boys participate in a brutal annual contest, the Long Walk. The acting is off the charts great. The gentleman in the film: Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty/#47, David Jonsson as Peter McVries/#23, Garrett Wareing as Stebbins/#38, Tut Nyuot as Arthur Baker/#6, Charlie Plummer as Gary Barkovitch/#5 and Ben Wang as Hank Olson/#46 turn in such great performances. I immediately felt like I knew them as they go on this long walk, their jokes, dreams, competitiveness, their feelings about life, love and friendship all felt so real. Its all coupled with the right amounts of tension and anger. I actually forgot about certain necessities one would need in such a long walk and when its mentioned by a few of the characters the movie becomes increasingly involving. Its also a harrowing watch as dissolution and hopelessness eats away at the psyches of the men. I couldn't help but think of The Hunger Games movies and the 1969 movie They Shoot Horses Don't They. Usually the use of captions in a film kind of annoy me but in this movie I found them to be necessary. I started thinking about my own endurance and how many miles I've walked for pleasure or when I had no other options but to walk. Sometimes the violence was jarring and its tied to me caring about the characters that are well developed for the most part. When the score by Jeremiah Fraites kicks in with moments of raw emotion its perfection. I really liked what this movie had to say about true friendship. Director
Francis Lawrence is so on point in many scenes pulling away from certain moments while taking in reactions from the road and small towns the men walk through. He and writer JT Mollner have crafted a moving and harrowing movie.

PROBLEMS: I have some minor complaints about a couple of side characters. The audio was a bit off in a couple of scenes

Scale of 1 to 10 a 9

Its one of the best movies of 2025
 
I see Cooper Hoffman is following in his father's footsteps. His and David Jonsson's performances were absolutely brilliant. They brought so much emotional depth and humanity to their characters. The brotherhood between the main group, especially Ray and Pete, was the heart of the film so it pains you when they start being picked off. There's not much variety when it comes to the violence but the brutality of this comes from the toll the walking has on the different contestants and the fact that people around the country are watching teenagers and young adults be executed. Society is in a fucked up place when people are willing to put their lives on the line for the "prize"
 
Infamous114 said:
I see Cooper Hoffman is following in his father's footsteps. His and David Jonsson's performances were absolutely brilliant. They brought so much emotional depth and humanity to their characters. The brotherhood between the main group, especially Ray and Pete, was the heart of the film so it pains you when they start being picked off. There's not much variety when it comes to the violence but the brutality of this comes from the toll the walking has on the different contestants and the fact that people around the country are watching teenagers and young adults be executed. Society is in a fucked up place when people are willing to put their lives on the line for the "prize"
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Had no idea that's his dad. He was a great actor

I didn't think they'd show the faces actually getting fucked up from close range shots like that

It was interesting how they appeared to now have known that getting your ticket meant death
 
Yeah this was pretty bleak, but pretty good. I enjoyed it.

They didn't hold back at all...it was graphic, brutal and uncompromising, even if the ending wasn't that believable

Black guy who played Pete is going to be a star
 
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