Overview

• The adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 Richard Bachman novel opened nationally on October 1 with a 1h48 runtime.
• La Provence gives a 2/5 rating, describing a polished yet underwhelming B‑movie with thin worldbuilding and plausibility issues.
• Le Point praises the film’s respect for the source material and its austere survival focus, while noting little sense of the event’s national scale.
• Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill, the story centers on 50 teens forced to walk without stopping under threat of execution.
• Le Point reports the cast walked about 24 kilometers per day during production, totaling roughly 640 kilometers to convey on-screen fatigue.