#The last witch hunter movie#

Also, having a protagonist whoвЂ™s an unstoppable, immortal killing machine leaves little in question about what will happen to the antagonists and builds no tension. It kind of ruins the element of a mystery when us, the characters and everyone else in the known universe knows the identity and whereabouts of the killer. The plot opens with a mystery about who killed Michael Caine, one of KaulderвЂ™s manservants, but within five minutes weвЂ™re told who the killer is, where heвЂ™s hiding and what his motivations are. The film honestly feels like it was written by a staff suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, as IвЂ™m sure that anyone who noticed the glaring inaccuracies of the plot probably decided against speaking up, lest Diesel give them вЂњIndian burnsвЂќ for criticizing his vanity project.ДЄside from the overall anachronisms and character idiocy in the plot, there are also some traits of truly terrible writing throughout the story. Each plot point is either shouted at the audience with little or no context or hastily explained after the fact amidst a chorus of Diesel growls. I honestly wonder if there was a read through of the script before filming, because characters suffer from either magical precognition or inexplicable lapses in judgment. The filmвЂ™s entire plot is based on contrived coincidences, with feigned plot points upon feigned plot points tessellating outwards in one mess of a plot. It may seem like IвЂ™m getting really mired in complaining about small details in this review, but understand that I really donвЂ™t have anything else to work with. You would think that if your goal was to kill every human on Earth, giving one of them eternal life would be a step in the wrong direction. However, she вЂњcursesвЂќ him with immortality before she dies, making it so he gets to live in an awesome mansion with a staff of servants for 800 years, fighting witches and partying every week. If the plague is caused by evil magic, what causes other diseases? Is Louis Pasteur a fraud? Then, after killing all of his friends with surprising efficiency, the witch queen waxes poetic about how she wants to kill everyone, giving Kaulder just enough time to land a fatal blow, shouting his totally badass and not-at-all contrived catchphrase вЂњfire and ironвЂќ as he does so. Besides the fact that the fact that the black plague hit Scandinavia more around 650 years ago, this raises a few alarm bells.

Our film opens 800 years ago, with Kaulder and some of his medieval gym buddies heading to a spooky tree to kill a witch and end the black plague. A modern setting filled with witches and wizards hiding in plain sight is the same as вЂњHarry Potter.вЂќ The main elemental powers being air, water, earth and fire, thatвЂ™s вЂњAvatar, the Last Airbender.вЂќ The prologue when вЂњKaulderвЂќ (Vin Diesel) and his fellow vikings go to destroy an evil witch looks like a gritty reimagining of вЂњLord of the Rings.вЂќ The post apocalyptic New York looks like a borrowed set piece from вЂњI Am Legend.вЂќ And Rose Leslie (Ygritte for вЂњGame of ThronesвЂќ fans) continues Emilia ClarkeвЂ™s trend of starring in terrible action movies when the show is off-season. Vin DieselвЂ™s vanity piece вЂњThe Last Witch HunterвЂќ is in the former category, featuring a borrowed plot and borrowed actors in a by-the-numbers mess of a film.

#The last witch hunter movie#

With most of the big budget Hollywood movies released either in summer or around Christmas, seeing a decent movie in autumn has become more the exception than the rule. I feel like IвЂ™m suffering from cinematic deja vu. Post Views: 1,204 Courtesy of Summit Entertainment.