Film Review: The Last Witch Hunter

 Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cert: 12A should of been a 15 cert due to some content being very dark

Director: Breck Eisner

Screen writer: Cory Goodman (written by) and Matt Sazama (written by) & Burk Sharpless  

Starring: Vin Diesel , Rose Leslie , Elijah Wood , Ólafur Darri Ólafsson , Rena Owen , Julie Engelbrecht , Michael Caine , Joseph Gilgun, Isaach De Bankolé , Michael Halsey , Sloane Coombs , Lotte Verbeek , Dawn Olivieri , Inbar Lavi , Armani Jackson 

Running time: 106 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: none

Violence & Gore: Some scene push the film over the certification it is given to a mature concept.

Profanity:  Mildly strong language

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: magical drugs are used in the film

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Parental guidance should be implied to this film as some scene throughout are very violent & frighteningly intense  for someone at the age of 13, recommended age 15 & above

Story: 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 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.

Likes : First of all you gonna see alot of people putting this film down giving it bad ratings, well sadly these people have their own opinion on that. So im gonna give my honest opinion on this film, yes it not perfect pacing is a little off, but the film as a whole was fantastic miles better than seventh son film that was out a few months ago.

The film start off with a solid introduction into the dark age battling an ancient evil witch that has the power of the elements & earth were throw into a 10min scene of them hunt her down, here were introduced to the main character KAULDER (Vin Diesel) a valiant warrior on the hunt with other solider hunting this evil down.

This is what good about the film it doesn't just throw you into a story leaving plot holes at the beginning not knowing why Kaulder became immortal, it actually explain this within the first 10mins of the film so it not only give you a background story it also give's the film something to work with as the story progress's.

Would i agree on this being a 12A no, because their are a few scene through this film that go above that certification, special some of the horror scene in the film from my own viewing this would be frightening for anyone under the age of 15 as they do tend to get extremely intense.

The acting is pretty solid as well, it well balance film although missing some emotional opportunity that could of been put in there but i feel this as because of the pacing of the film that drown that out, but the special effect where outstanding show a perfect horror theme on a extremely danger spirit of a witch that could destroy the world, this is a perfect concept of the way they have the witch looking like a elemental wrath  was a perfect look for the evil watch & completely sell the character.

I was surprise to see Michael Caine in this film although i feel his scene are cameo as they are short scene's throughout the film, as i feel Elijah Wood is on screen more, but both do a great job in selling the film.

 Ólafur Darri Ólafsson was perfect cast choice to play the evil witch's Disciple Belial , he had the right look for this type of character, he come off on screen someone to actual fear, Rose Leslie (game of thrones) perfect cast choice for the female role to join Kaulder in the fight to save the world from evil, she done a perfect performance with her character really sell it on screen.

Along with its special effect,story concept & characters this is one of the best witch concept films to been see in a long while, that is worth watching that end in a climactic battle of light vs darkness that promises a unique franchise.

Dislikes : The only thing really that lets this film down but not full letting the film down is the pacing it tends to jump from an action to slow parts which make the film slight slow, i feel this film could of been a little faster while keep its story the way it was, i would have said this was a 10 out of 10 film, but the slowness pulls it down slightly but still a great film.

Overall : Great witch concept, perfect story, a little slow in pacing but a great film

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story concept & visual effects