IMDb plot summary: A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot.
Directed by Francis Lawrence. Stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Garrett Wareing.
The Long Walk is a movie based on a Stephen King story, about a post-apocalyptic world where every year a group of young people are chosen to walk until they die. The last one standing gets a wish granted. I am definitely a sucker for stories about dystopias with weirdly specific rules trying to give people a chance to escape -- think this and Hunger Games -- and this does a good job making this compelling. The variety of characters we encounter on the road is enjoyable and you can pretty quickly begin rooting for your favorites. It's also paced very well, ramping up the horror slowly enough that you get teasers of it early on, but then really feel the exhaustion as the story continues. This is definitely something that will appeal to other folks like me who enjoy the genre.
🎥 The Long Walk (2025)
📊 Ranked #1003/4242 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 77
beat Cast Away (held at #2176)
lost to The Favourite (#1123 → #1122)
beat The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (#1642 → #1662)
beat Orgazmo (#1392 → #1433)
beat High Strung (#1262 → #1270)
lost to Song of the Sea (#1195 → #1181)
beat Gone Baby Gone (#1225 → #1231)
lost to Airheads (#1210 → #1207)
lost to Frankenweenie (#1217 → #1208)
beat The Magnificent Seven (#1221 → #1256)
beat OBEX (#1219 → #1222)
beat The Secret of Roan Inish (#1218 → #1239)
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