The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure
Director: Matt Reeves
Writer: Matt Parker
Based on the novel by Stephen King
Cast: Christian Bale, Eric Bana, Noah Schnapp, Caleb Landry Jones, Zoe Saldana, Joseph Sikora, Camilla Belle, Meg Foster, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ethan Embry, Lenny Kravitz, Ricky Gervais (VOICE)
Plot: Roland Deschain (Christian Bale) and his ka-tet consisting of Jake Chambers (Noah Schnapp), Eddie Dean (Caleb Landry Jones), Susannah (Zoe Saldana) and the Billy-bumber Oy (voiced by Ricky Gervais) are still riding the sentient train, Blaine. Just when they have a moment to finally relax and rest on their journey, Blaine comes off the rails. The ka-tet manage leap from their car before the train explodes. The ka-tet check themselves to make sure everyone is okay. Roland leads the way away from the crash site with the others following his lead.
The ka-tet eventually comes upon a town called Hambry just as a large storm begins to roll through the region. Roland sees a beautiful woman, Susan Delgado (Camilla Belle), in a window and is compelled by her beauty to speak to her as if he has no choice. The group is quickly approached by the town's Mayor Thorin (Stephen Tobolowsky). He tells them that they can shelter the storm in Hambry, but that they will need to do some work for the town as a sign of good faith. Jake eagerly agrees to the deal before the others can say anything. Thorin tasks them with counting goods in the town's warehouse. As they are shown around town, Eddie grows suspicious as he points out that there are way more horses in town than people. Roland quietly tells Eddie that they should be less worried by the horses and more worried by the number of mercenaries in town. Eddie is confused, so Roland begins pointing out various rough men who are clearly not up to good.
Tha Man in Black (Eric Bana), referred to as Marten Broadcloak, gives renegade Gunslinger Eldred Jonas (Lenny Kravitz) the pink Wizards Glass, a mystical object that can show the user the future. Marten stresses the importance of getting this object to Rhea in Hambry as the destiny of many depends on it. Eldred bluntly tells Marten that he doesn't care about the reasons, as he doesn't buy into any of that destiny bullshit - he just cares that he receives the payment that is promised. Marten assures Eldred that he will be rewarded for completing the task.
Late at night, Susan sneaks out to see Roland. They sneak off to the town graveyard. Susan undresses and asks Roland to deflower her. They embrace and have sex in an empty mausoleum in the graveyard. Afterward, Susan tells Roland that the town witch always said that she would lose her virginity to a gunslinger and turns out she was right. Roland asks about the witch. She tells him that the witch is just as powerful as the mayor in their town. Meanwhile, Mayor Thorin is murdered by Roy Depape (Ethan Embry), leaving a bird skull behind at the scene of the crime.
Susannah and Eddie sneak away from camp while Jake is sleeping. Oy tries to follow them, but they convince him to stary behind with the sleeping Jake. Susannah and Eddie go to a bar in town where they quickly butt heads with some of the locals. Eddie tries to order drinks, but he and Susannah are refused service. Eddie is ready to fight, but Susannah convinces him that it isn't worth it as they are quite outnumbered. They go back to their camp, rejoining Jake and Oy.
Eldred Jonas pays a visit to the witch, Rhea (Meg Foster). He entrusts her with the pink Wizards Glass. He tells her it is a gift from the wizard himself. Rhea holds the pink glass ball in her hand and sees images of Roland and Susan in a steamy romantic embrace. This angers her. Taking a deep breath, she sets the glass down and begins plotting.
A police force led by Eldred Jonas arrive at the camp and arrest Roland, Eddie, Jake and Susannah, though Oy manages to escape capture. They are accused of murdering Mayor Thorin and taken to the town jail. In the middle of the night, Susan and Oy help break the ka-tet out of jail by distracting the jailors. They flee back to the ka-tet's camp, fighting through guards to where Roland had hidden his prized revolver.
Rhea the witch watches the the pink Wizards Glass. Soon the image in the image becomes The Man in Black watching her watching him watching her. The sight frightens Rhea, who quickly covers the glass with cloth.
Roland and the ka-tet, along with Susan, are surrounded by Jonas, Depape, and a group of gunslingers as they try to leave Hambry. In a firefight, Jonas and Depape manage to kidnap Susan. Roland chases after them, but is attacked by a skin-walker, a beast that constantly transforms between different monstrous animals - bear to lion to rhino to wolf. Jonas and Depape escape to the mayor's mansion with Susan. Roland and Eddie arm themselves. Roland with his trademark revolver, Eddie with a gun taken from a fallen gunslinger. They open fire on the skin-walker, shooting it repeatedly until it finally stops its rampage, riddled with bullet holes.
With the skin-walker taken care of, Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and Oy search Hambry for Susan. They come across Rhea's house, finding her looking into the wizard glass. She has become gaunt, having not eaten and instead become addicted to looking into the glass. In the glass they see Susan being held captive at the mayor's mansion by Jonas and Depape. As they leave for the mayor's mansion, Oy steals the wizard glass from Rhea.
The ka-tet makes their way to the mayor's mansion where Jonas and Depape are holding Susan. Roland challenges Jonas to a gunslinger duel for Susan's freedom. The vanity of Jonas cannot turn down the proposal. They square off in the street in front on the mayor's mansion. Jonas cheats and fires early, but Roland has anticipated this. He dodges the shot, turns and fires his gun, hitting Jonas square in the chest. Depape panics without his mentor and scrambles to attack. Jake trips him, knocking him to the ground. Roland walks over to Depape and shoots him in the chest.
Roland and the ka-tet prepare to leave Hambry. Roland tries to convince Susan to come with her, but she tells him that she wants to try to improve Hambry now that it is out from under the crooked thumb of Mayor Thorin. Roland kisses her goodbye and says that he hopes their paths cross again some day soon.
Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and Oy venture away from Hambry. They eventually arrive upon the Emerald City, a city eerily similar to the one in The Wizard of Oz. When they arrive they encounter Andrew Quick (Joseph Sikora) and Marten. Marten shows Roland the wizard glass where the image of Susan being burned at the stake is projected. Roland turns to go back to Hambry to save her, but Marten informs him that it already too late - it is done. Roland fires his gun at Marten, but it misfires. Marten informs him that it will always misfire against him. Susannah grabs the gun from Roland and shoots Quick, killing him. Marten disappears in a cloud of smoke.
After all that has happened, Roland explains to his ka-tet that being around him has done nobody any good and gives them opportunity to step away from his quest to go to the Dark Tower. They all mull over the choice, but all choose to continue on the quest.
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