In America where the fascists have won and those in power have banned any freedom of expression that does not fall into "acceptable" parameters, the biggest form of entertainment is an annual march of endurance mortality. Literal, visual raising competition, "Long Walk" - Adaptation of Francis Lawrence and FT Maller of Dark Steven King (Originally published as Richard Bachmann) The novel He first started writing as a teenager - is a story that works only if the audience can quickly invest in the life of 50 boys, knowing that everyone, except one of them, will be dead until the loans are rolling. It is a story of survival, yes, but not a rooted in individualism despite the tragic knowledge that there is only one winner and without a finish. The boys go, in agony, as long as we can, and we, as viewers, are powerless to help them survive.

"Long Walk" is not just one of the best adaptations of Steven King's work, but It's undisputed one of the best films of 2025. It's a violent "warning!" From what should happen if we allow society to continue to respect the Vanabe fascists' orders, as well as a reminder that those in power continue to turn us against each other, so that we will never join forces and fight our oppressors. Every boy in a walk is someone who is worth investing, because they are not just numbers, they are people. Even those who are assumed to be antagonists, such as mentally unwanted Gary Barkovic (Charlie Plummer), have been proven to be worthy of empathy; A reminder that none of us should be defined by our worst moments.

As a novel, it is very easy to immerse yourself in the world for a walk, but as a movie, it's hard to ask an audience to sit down and watch people walk and talk for an hour and 48 minutes. And yet, the "long walk" effectively commands the audience because it boasts the best cast of the year. Inaugural best achievement in casting Oscar will make its debut at the Academy Awards in 2026And there is no other movie that does not deserve a historic victory from the "Long Walk".

There were some truly fantastic casting of ensemble collected this year, whether it was a comedy in Rosie or any number of films that should appear later this year during the Oscar-bait season. (I see you, "Bugonia", "My Mother Brother" and "Jayei Kelly"). But in all these cases, we are talking about films with established names - many have already taken home Oscar gold. Surely there is no guarantee that the assembly team full of "offer only" will work Hollywood A-writers, but there is a greater challenge in play when throwing from a pool of young, relative unknowns who still send self-gangs while their roommates or parents read lines for them outside the camera.

Casting Director Rich Delia has essentially threw the "long walk" three times as she was involved in two previous attempts to adjust King's work, which never came true. "Age is very specific in the book, so it started from scratch every time," he said Casting networks. "I knew these characters so well and I felt so attached to them." This is not an example of a director who wants an actor and find a project that allows them to maintain a collaborative relationship, but a creative team to completely build an acting team from scratch. Delia's intimacy with these characters is obvious because every actor is perfect in the role. Even for a character like Curry, played by the Starvala "Jojo Rabbit", Roman Griffin Davis, his limited screen time is unforgettable because his cherubic face is exactly what the character needs.

All the boys were thrown for a walk, including Cooper Hoffman and David Onsonson as Ray Garati and Peter McDers, audited for the film, and that was in design. "Having an audience that has no prejudice about what they may know about that actor from previous performances or their personal lives, and to be able to sink and see them as characters they portray, I think, gives him the immediacy and reality that pays dividends in the end," Delia explained.

For the actors "Name" as Mark Hamil as Major, a heart attack Juddi Greer like Raymond Garati's mother, Innii and Oshosh Hamilton like his father, William, has no phone. Every role, from the beginning of the walk to the finals, moments for breaking the intestines, is perfect, but the magic is really in the boys' ensemble. The basic team of "The Long Walk" is reminiscent of watching any number of "Brother Pack" films, namely, "Outsiders", "Breakfast Club", "St. Elmo's Fire" and "Young Guns". Not in the sense that the stories are anything As a dystopian nightmare of the "Long Walk", but it is undeniable when you watch these ensemble films that every actor will be a supermitwire. Much of the praise for the "long walk" will rightly be directed to Hoffman and Onsonson, who are undoubtedly animal blood of the film, but Every character In this ensemble delivers the best performances of the year.

Ben Wang's Hank Olson is such a wonderful Smartass that when the walk breaks his spirit, it's frightening. Tut Niuot, like Religious Arthur Baker, is full of so much optimism that he didn't even root the root to make it just another step. Stoic Billy Stibins, played by Garrett Verace, is a man in a few words, but always makes them considered. Oshoshua Odik as Colo Parker, Jordandan Gonzalez as Richard Harke, Damon Wright as a rank, Tamela Mpumljana as Pearson, and Samuel Clark as a tressler attracts the audience with one line, appearance or moment - to command it even if they mean. Casting is an art form, and Rich Delia-which has already thrown great ensembles in films like "Playing Night", "It: Chapter One/Two", "Joy Driving", "Good Boys" and "Short Term"-collected its masterpiece. He deserves every little recognition for the withdrawal of the unthinkable and needs the right to make the Oscar history in 2026.

The "Long Walk" is now being played in theaters everywhere.