New York youngster Jake (Tom Taylor) has been plagued by nightmare visions.Â
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He finds his dreams are part of a reality in which a tower at the centre of the universe keeps evil at bay.Â
But dastardly Walter Padick (Matthew McConaughey), known as the Man In Black, is out to destroy the tower by using the powers of psychic children like Jake.Â
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Padick’s arch-nemesis gunslinger Roland (Idris Elba) is on hand to mentor Jake, help him travel between different realms and thwart Padick’s plan.Â
But there is so much plot to cover here that there is little time left to engage with the characters.Â
And while Idris Elba makes a steely Western hero, Matthew McConaughey goes into pantomime mode as the whispering villain of the piece.
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