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Kicking off with a standard 30-minute look at the making of the movie, the supplemental items offer a few nuggets of information concerning the film’s Dungeons and Dragons connections.
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Definitely not frivolous and there are no big secrets revealed. There are sound elements everywhere in the highly immersive mix. Sound duties are handled effectively by a robust DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 sound design. There are special effects everywhere and the merging of practical and CGI elements are a seamless blend of just how spot-on digital filmmaking has become. Colors are muted but strong and, with shadows mounting in all directions, the lines never lose their edge. It is another release to highlight the visual capacity – especially concerning its handling of details – of the Arri Alexa digital camera.
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Lionsgate Films turns out an impressive-looking 1080p transfer. Even still, there’s a glint of steely-eyed hope in some of the darker moments of The Last Witch Hunter that just might keep this one afloat past a week or two, but the sorcery spell it casts is far too easily broken.Īudio: DTS:X English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit) English: DTS 2.0 Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English: DTS Headphone:Xĭiscs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD) UV digital copy iTunes digital copy Digital copy DVD copy Could this be entertainment on a rainy Sunday afternoon? Sure. Regrettably, too much of the film is as shallow as a rain puddle. Much of the look to the movie belongs in a pagan’s very bad and very dark nightmare disturbing images are articulated here against Nicholas Brooks’ camerawork as he swoops and swirls inside a very disturbing lair that belongs to the Witch Queen. If only the doctored script performed half as well when it matters most. The damn thing – sets, effects, and all – looks damn impressive. These values add up and, as weak as this outing is, suggests that future installments MIGHT be more exciting. Too bad then for us that Michael Caine bites it so quickly.Ī fantasy movie as vast as this one suggests (it’s trying to set up more movies, ya dig?) ought to have strong production values and that’s The Last Witch Hunter’s saving grace. And, let’s be honest, Leslie’s “Hello, my name is Emma Stone” routine on display here is one of awkwardness that is a bit too much to swallow. However, very little of that “Axe and Cross” swagger manages to resonate on the screen as Vin Diesel has only co-stars Elijah Wood and Rose Leslie to bounce ideas off of. It’s an – at once – cool and unbelievable premise but, let’s go back a step, it’s still cool. Keep the world safe from everything that Hell hides is his task. He’s already the Catholic Church’s gun-for-hire. We are informed that, after originally defeating the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht), Kaulder is cursed. I’d still be with this flick conceptually if the film’s director, Breck Eisner, son of THAT former Disney CEO, could actually put an once of wit or genuine humor into this rather flat adventure.
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Call it the Black Plague 2.0 courtesy of a rowdy bunch of witches and warlocks. He is the immortality-cursed Kaulder, a noble witch-hunter and stopper of plagues, who finds his cleanly shaven face and dome back in action in the modern world in pursuit of black magic and witches who want to harm the whole of humanity. The film’s producer, Vin Diesel, is also its star. No one asked for this supernatural hybrid of scares and action and the resulting fantasy flick - in spite of some pretty splashy special effects - fumbles in almost every way to create a necessary sense of purpose and, with baddies as severe as the one played by Olafur Darri Olafsson (his character is a warlock who aims to resurrect an ancient and very dreaded witch), this fact is truly disappointing. Whatever Dungeons and Dragons influence there once was that inspired the “epic” the movie suggests is soon forgotten by its makers. The Last Witch Hunter is recycled and relatively witless sorcery. You’ve got Vin Diesel, flaming swords, ancient witchcraft, and all of that crashing together within New York City tell me that can’t be truly entertaining!!! Unfortunately, it’s just not that good. This is slight entertainment for sure but everything about it suggests that the material COULD have been and SHOULD have been bigger AND better. You may enjoy the fantasy flick but you’ll have to sit through a lot of the humdrum before getting there. There is an opportunity lost within The Last Witch Hunter, an opportunity to be much bigger in scope than it actually comes across as being.