![]() ![]() In the film, Vin Diesel ( Furious 7) plays an immortal witch hunter named Kaulder who partners with his natural enemy, a female witch ( Rose Leslie of "Game of Thrones"), to stop the covens of New York City from unleashing a plague on humanity. The Last Witch Hunter is directed by Breck Eisner ( The Crazies) and written by Melisa Wallack ( Dallas Buyers Club, Meet Bill) and Cory Goodman ( Priest). ![]() Here's the first trailer for Breck Eisner's The Last Witch Hunter from MTV: The first trailer for the film from The Crazies director Breck Eisner has just arrived and it's not entirely clear what the film is about yet, but Diesel is certainly in bad ass mode again, and with a sword. And now we'll see how a fantasy featuring Diesel in the lead fares with The Last Witch Hunter. They range from solid sci-fi adventures like Riddick to awful comedies like The Pacifier and an instant favorite like Guardians of the Galaxy. But hey, at least that means it's over." Your story has no ending." Sadly, Vin Diesel can't be fast and furious all the time, and sometimes he has to make other movies. "A hideous electro mangling of the Stones' 'Paint It Black' over the closing credits adds insult to injury. "The performances are particularly rotten: we expect Vin to wobble about like a half-inflated penis balloon with a face scrawled on it, but Caine and Elijah Wood (playing his fellow priest) should know better and the cut-glass-posh Leslie is simply unbearable-picture Princess Beatrice on a gap year working in a Manhattan goth bar," he says. "What an ugly, idiotic mess this is," he writes. Time Out London's Tom Huddleston gives The Last Witch Hunter one out of five stars, calling it a "sausage-faced, gender-flipped Buffy the Vampire Slayer." "Fans of Game of Thrones will love this because it's like all of the silly parts without any of the rigorous thinking."ĥ. ![]() He’s Dom Torreto without the car, Riddick without the stare. His character, Kaulder, an 800+ year old warrior for the forces of good, doesn’t require Diesel to step out of his comfort zone. "There's a surprisingly playful quality in The Last Witch Hunter, and the unveiling of the secret world around us is something like a mix of Men in Black and John Wick," the critic writes. If Vin Diesel is looking for a third franchise to add to his resume, The Last Witch Hunter might be considered a safe option. Mashable's Jordan Hoffman says, "Vin Diesel wins for Nerdiest Movie of the Year." "It's just deadly and dreadful, loud and obnoxious, convoluted and irritating, horrible and dumb."Ĥ. " The Last Witch Hunter does not work as campy escapism or as a guilty pleasure or as one of those movies so unintentionally funny you have to admit you were entertained from the hokey prelude through a finale that is such an obvious grab for a sequel one of the characters might as well have said, 'I feel like there's another chapter in this story!'" he says. In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene: Fast & Furious don only looks financially viable in car franchise. "How did Nicolas Cage avoid this one?" he writes. Vin Diesel crashes and burns with The Last Witch Hunter. The Chicago Sun-Times' Richard Roeper gives The Last Witch Hunter 0.5 out of four stars and includes some snark in his review. Car in the movie the last witch hunter plus#"Rounded out by Elijah Wood and Michael Caine as Kaulder's priestly valets, plus a memorable Dawn Olivieri as a hookah-puffing femme fatale, the spirited cast keeps this movie entertaining despite its overly familiar feel."ģ. "Chloe, a hip, street-smart witch, is the kind of character whose sassiness usually lands with a thud in movies of this sort, but Rose ays her with intelligence and moxie," he writes. "The dependable Diesel and a fine cast keep this hokey action flick mostly entertaining," he writes. Newsday's Rafer Guzman gives The Last Witch Hunter 2.5 out of four stars.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |