2025 has been an impressively prolific year as far as Stephen King adaptations go. The year has already brought the horror film The Monkey (based on a 1980 short story) and the sentimental The Life of Chuck (based on a 2020 short story). Now comes The Long Walk , another film that digs deep into King’s prolific archive, with the original book (under King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman) coming out in 1979.

In the world of the film, young men from all 50 states volunteer for a lottery to compete in a competition called The Long Walk for a chance to win a large cash prize. The catch is it’s not a race, but rather a feat of endurance, as every participant must maintain a speed of at least 3 miles per hour until only one person remains. Those who are unable to do so are given

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