Directed by:
Breck EisnerCinematography:
Dean SemlerComposer:
Steve JablonskyCast:
Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rena Owen, Julie Engelbrecht, Joe Gilgun, Isaach De Bankolé, Michael Halsey, Lotte Verbeek (more)VOD (5)
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The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us, vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful WITCH QUEEN decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen curses KAULDER with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today Kaulder is the only one of his kind remaining, and he has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to Kaulder, the Witch Queen is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer, causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race. (Lionsgate/Summit)
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I wasn't expecting much from this, so when I found the beginning to be pretty entertaining, I was very surprised and wondered why it got such a low rating. And then it all became clear during the film. Kaulder is lame, the fights are even more so, and for being only 107 minutes long I thought it might be over after the 70th minute, it was kind of long. I was entertained until about the time Kaulder gets his gnocchi on, but there was nothing more interesting than that. Pretty mediocre, below average action fantasy.
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I have a cheap script of a zero value and I want to make a blockbuster out of it. To be taken at least a little seriously, I will pay to get Michael Caine in on it, although I will be embarrassed in front of him on the set. I won’t ask him whether he finished reading said script. In an effort to create a Dark Knight-like atmosphere, I will also task Jablonsky with creating some imitation of the of Zimmer’s monumental Batman scores. For the lead role, I will choose the most wooden, but globally popular action star, which will sensibly sort my target audience out to the unpretentious consumers of brainless entertainment. And I’m going to flood it all with secondhand digital garbage, which cannot even show a car speeding down a New York street from a high perspective. The feeling when you are so frustrated after a movie that brought you zero viewing satisfaction that you need to watch any other movie quickly in order to forget it and to leave you with ANY KIND of an impression, knowledge or satisfaction from the evening.
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Slow and not-so-furious. The idea itself isn't bad at all, but the story is poor for how serious it is, there are no wisecracks (well, maybe two), there’s surprisingly very little action and not very impressive, unfortunately (the 90 million budget could have been used much better). A pathetic three stars for not suffering while watching it. The film is suitable for a rainy Sunday afternoon for the whole family. Not worth going to the cinema for. Seventh Son was considerably better. 55%.
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A movie with a tree that gummy bears grow on can’t be all bad. Diesel tries to operate outside his three regular personas (Riddick, Toretto, Cage), but still without great success. It doesn’t work very well here. This fantasy is suspiciously reminiscent of something I wanted to see when I was into Conan as a boy. In the end, it’s fairly watchable and makes sense. A bit more work on the screenplay wouldn’t have hurt, but it’s ok. Rose Leslie makes it ten times better. Michael Caine’s line at the end is just cool. Not in the theater, but at home.
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The Last Witch Hunter is an average fantasy flick, laced through and through with action and all sorts of magic. It benefits in particular from a likeable cast that balances the simplicity of the script, which reeks of cliché. One of a bunch of one-viewing films that neither impresses nor offends.
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It's a terrible shame that this film plays it safe and the story is incredibly straightforward and very expected. But the world presented here entertained me; it's a nicely crafted B-movie that has characters I personally really like. It's visually interesting, it's got a bit of Constantine about it, but it's also its own thing. You just know right away how it's gonna turn out. You mustn't look for anything big in it.
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