The Last Witch Hunter

Name: The Last Witch Hunter
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: October 23, 2015
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Elijah Wood, Isaach De Bankolé, Joseph Gilgun, Julie Engelbrecht, Michael Caine

2015

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Summit Entertainment | Release Date: October 23, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Elijah Wood, Isaach De Bankolé, Joseph Gilgun, Julie Engelbrecht, Michael Caine, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rena Owen, Rose Leslie, Vin Diesel

Summary: 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 (Vin Diesel), a valiant warrior whoThe 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 (Vin Diesel), a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful Queen Witch, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen curses Kaulder with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today Kaulder is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to Kaulder, the Queen Witch is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.… Expand

Director: Breck Eisner

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Oct 22, 2015

While most other films sprint through expository dialogue, and bluster their way through action scenes, The Last Witch Hunter is measured enough to make you want to suspend your disbelief. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Oct 21, 2015

It has enough ingredients for a reasonably entertaining fantasy adventure—except, that is, for an interesting lead character with an emotionally compelling hook. Read full review

Manori Ravindran

Oct 29, 2015

The Last Witch Hunter is redeemed through complex visual-effects work that aptly illuminates Goodman’s netherworld. Further, Diesel’s stolid performance is balanced through the supporting star power of Caine – even with criminally limited scenes – and Rose Leslie’s “dream walker,” whose earnestness makes even the world of a macho witch hunter seem entirely plausible. Read full review

Kyle Anderson

Oct 22, 2015

Seemingly every time there was an opportunity to do something fun, The Last Witch Hunter runs in the other direction, creating an unfortunately heavy-handed, humorless, self-serious tone for a story that should be allowed to be a little goofy. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 22, 2015

The Last Witch Hunter is one of those artlessly restless, exposition-dialogue fantasy-action slogs that, thanks to Breck Eisner's untamed direction, never manages to corral all the potion talk, mythology rationale and leaps back and forth in time into anything remotely entertaining. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 11, 2015

This abortion of a thriller fails, utterly, and bombed completely. So even though there’s a “Witch Hunter 2” in development, don’t count on it. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 22, 2015

It’s just deadly and dreadful, loud and obnoxious, convoluted and irritating, horrible and dumb. Read full review

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Hansen2015

Oct 25, 2015

Amazing. Perfect fantasy genre movie.. Something douchy critics will never understand because they are self absorbed trash. Great fun. Hoping for a sequel!

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tonimiller417

Nov 2, 2015

An all-but-incomprehensible supernatural action mish-mash in which Vin Diesel plays an immortal modern-day witch hunter... A passable time killer that will lose nothing once it hits the vending machines.

Watch this movie hereAn all-but-incomprehensible supernatural action mish-mash in which Vin Diesel plays an immortal modern-day witch hunter... A passable time killer that will lose nothing once it hits the vending machines.

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ajohnson12

Oct 29, 2015

I don't understand the hate on this movie. This is a solid sci-fi / fantasy genre piece with great special effects. It felt like a "Dark Souls" video game come to life, in my opinion.

John Wick got bad metacritic reviews, Dredd got bad reviews. Both of those are solid genre movies thatI don't understand the hate on this movie. This is a solid sci-fi / fantasy genre piece with great special effects. It felt like a "Dark Souls" video game come to life, in my opinion.

John Wick got bad metacritic reviews, Dredd got bad reviews. Both of those are solid genre movies that deserved more success.

I wish more professional reviewers (and online reviewers in general) knew how to appreciate genre movies more and rate them appropriately.… Expand

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Fazha

Oct 30, 2015

I went into this expecting to have it feel like another Seventh Son, but what I got was something more akin to Constantine, which was a much less bitter pill to swallow.

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Voodoo123

Aug 3, 2022

Generic action schlock with vin diesel playing ... well vin diesel basically. If you're in the right mood theres some fun action adventure type thrills to be had with a magical twist to it. Fun enough but few to no surprises.

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FilmPhonic

Oct 27, 2015

If ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ seems familiar to you it’s because we’ve seen it all before in any number of modern vampire narratives, just replace vampires with witches and vampire slayer with witch hunter. Think ‘The Lord of the Rings’ meets ‘Blade’ but without the narrative and visionaryIf ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ seems familiar to you it’s because we’ve seen it all before in any number of modern vampire narratives, just replace vampires with witches and vampire slayer with witch hunter. Think ‘The Lord of the Rings’ meets ‘Blade’ but without the narrative and visionary brilliance of the former, or the originality and cool factor of the latter.

Director Breck Eisner attempts to craft a dark but family friendly contemporary all-action fantasy by combining a well-trodden narrative and mild horror with plenty of CGI and spectacular magic imagery, plus convenient religious iconography and a dash of ineffectively mixed humour & drama.

The result, although entertaining enough, is a mess that fails to impress or engage despite the efforts of its star, who’s now exhausted “Fast & Furious” charms don’t add layers to the stereotypically badass but shallow character “Kaulder”, and no amount strategically placed dead family flashbacks will convince you otherwise.

Diesel’s co-stars Rose Leslie and Elijah Wood do their best with pedestrian modernist fantasy dialogue, but even Michael Caine in his now customary mentor/confidant role can’t save the characters in ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ from drowning in the frenzied action and convoluted narrative.

With impressive action set pieces and striking visuals and with a duration of just shy of 2 hours, ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ is not entirely without merit as fantastical escapist entertainment. No doubt its producers will be hoping they’ve found a Vin Diesel vehicle off which they can build a franchise, and with many of the mass appeal modern components for success there we won’t be surprised if this is the first of many “Kaulder” films.

The Bottom Line…
Fun, flashy but forgettable, ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ walks a very familiar cinematic path without offering anything much to remember it by, a reasonably entertaining way to burn a couple of hours which you’ll forget as soon as you leave the cinema… that is until the inevitable sequels.… Expand

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ilya_light

Jan 12, 2016

one of the worst fantasy movie i have ever seen. compare film and the plays to Lord of the Rings or Hobbit. there is no character in the movie. what is van diesel anyway? does he miss her wife and tired of living or does he nourish the life? if i want to experience such a crap I'd ratherone of the worst fantasy movie i have ever seen. compare film and the plays to Lord of the Rings or Hobbit. there is no character in the movie. what is van diesel anyway? does he miss her wife and tired of living or does he nourish the life? if i want to experience such a crap I'd rather playing assassin. more fun,excitement, and even fear than this film. and poor acting by Diesel.… Expand

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