The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

Director: Breck Eisner

Starring: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

There’s been so many witch movies recently – some good, some terrible. This film is neither, although it certainly is better than it is bad. Firstly, I don’t believe Vin Diesel was a wise choice as the protagonist. He looks and sounds the same in every film, he might as well have been Dominic Toretto without fast cars… I also didn’t find Rose Leslie a strong enough actress to portray Chloe.

Regarding the visual effects, wow, they really do have A LOT of effects in this film. Some of the effects reminded me of 1999’s ‘The Mummy’, and a bit of ‘Highlander’, too. Towards the end it really became CGI-heavy.

The film became confusing jumping forward and backward in time through dreams and memories.  The plot was incoherent and a lot happened for effect only. The story seems to invent magic for the characters to use as the plot requires them. It felt way too convenient and not believable. In general ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ was entertaining enough for a once off viewing. Not sure I’d watch it again in a hurry, though.

‘The Witch Hunter’ also didn’t fare too well at the box office.