So this Saturday is Halloween, and I'm excited. Not just for the costumes and candy, but for more movie reviews. This week's movie is The Last Witch Hunter, but I also had the choice of the new Paranormal Activity. I might be doing Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension for my next review if there are no others within my age ratings. But anyways, I hope you enjoy my review of The Last Witch Hunter.
The movie starts 800 years ago where a group of witch hunters led by Kaulder (played by Vin Diesel) called the Ax and Cross are heading to a giant tree to kill the Witch Queen (played by Julie Engelbrecht). After a motivating speech, the team goes towards the tree with their weapons drawn. The Ax and Cross find the Witch Queen in the tree, who quickly kills about half the men with her magic, and traps the other half, again with magic. Kaulder escapes by falling down a hole, and finding the Witch Queen in the spot she escaped to. The two then have a fight to the death, with Kaulder wielding a flaming sword. When Kaulder stabs the Queen with his flaming sword, she curses him with eternal life as she, and everything else, burns around him.
800 years later, in the present, we find Kaulder sitting in a plane, with a really bad storm in the flight path. He blows on the window to reveal a marking which symbolizes that there is magic nearby. He gets up and goes to the back of the plane to find a young witch with runes. The runes control the weather when together, and the witch had just tossed them into her bag. Kaulder then has to separate the runes to end the storm, which he does.
800 years later, in the present, we find Kaulder sitting in a plane, with a really bad storm in the flight path. He blows on the window to reveal a marking which symbolizes that there is magic nearby. He gets up and goes to the back of the plane to find a young witch with runes. The runes control the weather when together, and the witch had just tossed them into her bag. Kaulder then has to separate the runes to end the storm, which he does.
The story plot was very intriguing, but seemed more like a pilot to a new TV show than a major motion picture. Could be because they're starting a new franchise with Vin Diesel. But other than that, I really liked the multiple plot twists. The movie might have been predictable, if it weren't for these twists.
The acting was very good, but Vin Diesel was more comfortable to watch in Furious 7 than this movie. It might take him a sequel or two to have the same feeling of authenticity as his other franchise, but still really good. The support actors really did make the movie even more enjoyable and helped bring it to life. I really enjoyed Rose Leslie in her portrayal of Chloe, the witch who works with Kaulder later on in the movie, and Michael Caine, who played the 36th Dolan.
Overall, the movie was good if you wanted a TV show pilot, but a little lacking when it comes to a blockbuster movie. Good acting and plot with twists are the reasons I would rate this movie 7.6/10.
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