Official Trailer: ‘The Long Walk’ (2025)

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Cast & Crew Interviews: ‘The Long Walk’ (2025)

Cast & Crew Interviews from ‘The Long Walk’

Plot Synopsis

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Annually, a walking contest known as "The Long Walk" is held in a dystopian America under totalitarian rule. Teenage participants, called "Walkers," must maintain a minimum speed of three miles per hour. Failure to do so results in execution after three warnings, although one warning can be removed for each hour walked without incident. The contest concludes when only one walker remains, who then receives a substantial cash prize and one singular wish.

‘The Long Walk’ Film Clip: “All for One” | Video Credit: Lionsgate

Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, Garrett Wareing as Stebbins, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, David Jonsson as McVries, Ben Wang as Olson, Tut Nyuot as Baker, and Joshua Odjick as Parker in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Raymond "Ray" Garraty wins a lottery to compete in the contest, arriving at the starting point to join 49 other walkers, including Peter McVries, Stebbins, Arthur Baker, Collie Parker, Gary Barkovitch, and Hank Olson. The Major, the contest's leader, announces that the walk's purpose is to motivate the country's productivity, a goal achieved in previous contests.

‘The Long Walk’ Film Clip: “Come On Curly” | Video Credit: Lionsgate

Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, Garrett Wareing as Stebbins, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, David Jonsson as McVries, Tut Nyuot as Baker, and Joshua Odjick as Parker in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

On the first day, Garraty establishes a close bond with McVries and gets to know the other contestants. Within a few hours, Curley, a fellow walker, is the first to be executed after slowing down due to a leg cramp. Later, Barkovitch provokes Rank, leading to Rank's execution. The other walkers ostracize Barkovitch, with McVries expressing clear animosity by repeatedly labeling him a killer.

Cooper Hoffman as Garraty and David Jonsson as McVries in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

As the walk continues, Garraty shares his motivation for participating in the contest with McVries: the Major executed his father in front of him and his mother for teaching banned ideas and refusing to pledge allegiance to the government. Garraty plans to win the contest, wish for a carbine, and assassinate the Major.

Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, David Jonsson as McVries, Tut Nyuot as Baker, and Ben Wang as Olson in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

David Jonsson as McVries, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, Jordan Gonzalez as Harkness, Ben Wang as Olson, and Tut Nyuot as Baker in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

However, McVries dissuades him from seeking revenge, explaining that he has been walking his entire life, never knowing his deceased parents and enduring abuse from his adoptive uncle. McVries states that when he tires, he will simply stop walking and sit down.

Director Francis Lawrence, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, and David Jonsson as McVries in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Garrett Wareing as Stebbins, Roman Griffin Davis as Curley, Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, David Jonsson as McVries, Ben Wang as Olson, Joshua Odjick as Parker, Jordan Gonzalez as Harkness, and Tut Nyuot as Baker in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Joshua Odjick as Parker, Jordan Gonzalez as Harkness, David Jonsson as McVries, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, and Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

As the days pass, more walkers are executed for various reasons, including injuries, escape attempts, stopping for too long to relieve themselves, or moving too slowly due to fatigue or insomnia. Olson, in a state of delirium, attacks the soldiers and is shot, left to bleed out as a warning to others. The following morning, the remaining boys discover Olson was the only married man among them and agree that the winner of the walk should send money to his wife.

Judy Greer as Ginny Garraty in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Mark Hamil as The Major in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Burdened by guilt over Rank's death and growing despair, Barkovitch pleads with Garraty to join their group. Garraty agrees, but Barkovitch soon commits suicide. This leaves only Garraty, McVries, Stebbins, Arthur Baker, and Parker. Stebbins, now severely ill, tries to persuade the remaining walkers to cease helping each other, arguing that with so few left, it's futile. As they pass through a town, Garraty sees his mother in the crowd and is nearly executed for trying to reach her until McVries intervenes, forcing him to continue the walk.

Mark Hamill as The Major and Director Francis Lawrence in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Mark Hamill as The Major in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Roman Griffin Davis as Curly in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Parker steals a guard's rifle, shoots him, and then, to avoid bleeding to death, shoots himself. Baker develops internal hemorrhaging and chooses to stop walking, leading to his execution. Stebbins's health deteriorates, and he confesses to Garraty and McVries that he is one of the Major's illegitimate children, and his desire was to be accepted into the Major's household. Stebbins acknowledges his inability to continue the walk due to his condition and expresses to the others that it was an honor to walk with them before stopping and being executed.

Tut Nyuot as Baker, Ben Wang as Olson, Jordan Gonzalez as Harkness, Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, Joshua Odjick as Parker, Cooper Hoffman as Garraty, David Jonsson as McVries in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

Tut Nyuot as Baker, Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, David Jonsson as McVries, and Cooper Hoffman as Garraty in ‘The Long Walk’ • Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate

With a massive crowd looking on, Garraty and McVries, the final two walkers, enter a town. McVries deliberately halts, sitting down to allow Garraty victory. Garraty, noticing this, lifts McVries and urges him to continue. McVries resumes walking, oblivious that Garraty has stopped, having sacrificed himself for McVries. The Major executes Garraty, then congratulates McVries on his win. When asked his prize, McVries requests a guard's carbine. Upon receiving it, he shoots the Major dead and continues down the road.