The first reactions are in for Stephen King ‘s dystopian cardio thriller The Long Walk , and critics say that the film is a brutal and riveting adaptation that might even generate Oscar buzz for its young stars.

Based on King’s 1979 novel, The Long Walk (trailer below) chronicles an annual state-sponsored contest where 50 teenage boys set out on a march where a contestant is shot if they fall below 3 mph. They walk until just one boy is left standing. King wrote the book in high school — making it the first novel he wrote — and then it was published under a pseudonym after he became a bestselling author. The long-awaited film adaption is directed by Francis Lawrence, who helmed three of The Hunger Games movies, and stars Cooper Hoffman (son of the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffm

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