The Walk
A Boston police officer’s assignment to protect Black students during forced integration turns his community’s racial backlash into a test of courage, loyalty, and conscience.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- serious
- harrowing
- tense
- historical drama night
- social justice film discussion
What critics said
Critics broadly found the historical drama earnest but uneven, with its serious subject matter undermined by conventional execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Bill Coughlin’s police assignment places him inside the court-ordered integration of South Boston High and its surrounding resistance.
The story locates forced school busing within an all-white South Boston community marked by protests and violence.
Bill must protect Black students while facing pressure from his family, colleagues, and Irish Boston community.
The film depicts Boston’s 1974 desegregation crisis, city-wide protests, and resistance to court-ordered busing.
Films like The Walk, and why
Remember the Titans
historical racial conflict, institutional pressure, and a white protagonist confronting segregation
The Help
dramatized civil-rights-era hostility, community resistance, and morally serious social drama
Detroit
racial segregation, urban unrest, and an individual caught inside a volatile institutional crisis
A Time to Kill
period social drama centered on racial injustice and the pressures of community prejudice
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Adams
- Release Date
- 2022-06-10
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (22)
Cast
- Justin Chatwin
- Terrence Howard
- Lovie Simone
- Katie Douglas
- Anastasiya Mitrunen
- Jeremy Piven
- Malcolm McDowell
- Sally Kirkland
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Walk about?
- A Boston police officer’s assignment to protect Black students during forced integration turns his community’s racial backlash into a test of courage, loyalty, and conscience.
- What is The Walk like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Walk as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Walk violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Walk as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Walk?
- Critics broadly found the historical drama earnest but uneven, with its serious subject matter undermined by conventional execution.
- Which films are like The Walk?
- Films with a similar feel include Remember the Titans, The Help, Detroit, and A Time to Kill.
- How long is The Walk?
- The Walk runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Walk?
- In United States, The Walk streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
