The Long Walk
Set in dystopian present where the United States Government has been replaced by a totalitarian regime (something which seems scarily prescient given our current circumstance), The Long Walk follows a group of "volunteers" on a grueling contest to walk continuously over hundreds of miles until only a single winner remains standing (with the quick and brutal murders of any contestants who fall off the pace). Adapted from a Stephen King novel, the film has many of the same themes of King's The Running Man, or other films such as The Hunger Games and Death Race, making social commentary on a corrupt system and the gamification of life for ordinary people turning survival into entertainment.
The film is exactly what the description states, no more no less, introducing us to a host of contestants at the start (most notably Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Charlie Plummer, Tut Nyuot, and Ben Wang) with some obvious clues as to who will be making it through most of the film. There isn't much in the way of surprises or thrills here. The Long Walk is a story of corruption and attrition that ends bloody for all involved with the characters dealing with the horrific reality of what they signed up for.
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