While we were a little cynical about the vague similarities between The Last Witch Hunter and Blade, the film did go on to be an action-packed adventure with some very fancy special effects, backing up the impressive visuals in the trailer below. The screenplay has been written by Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. It’s been produced by Mark Canton ( The Pyramid) and Bernie Goldmann. The film has been directed by Breck Eisner, who takes a step into more well established waters having had a number of lessthanimpressives over the years.
The cast also includes Icelandic actor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ( The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) as Belial, and Isaach de Bankolé ( The Limits Of Control) as Schlesinger. In addition to Vin Diesel, The Last Witch Hunter also stars Rose Leslie ( Game Of Thrones) as Chloe, Elijah Wood ( The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) as Kaulder’s priestly assistant the 37th Dolan, Julie Engelbrecht ( Nicholas on Holiday) as the Witch Queen and Michael Caine ( Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Father Dolan. However, in modern day New York things are coming to a head once again as the Witch Queen has been resurrected somehow and now she’s out to wreak her revenge on Kaulder and the world that spurned her.
Having outlived his family and the remains of his people, he has spent the years on a dark life hunting down and killing evil witches throughout the ages. Vin Diesel ( Guardians Of The Galaxy) plays an immortal warrior called Kaulder, who was cursed with his undying superpowers by the Witch Queen when he defeated her centuries ago. Special features include a featurette on crafting the magic of The Last Witch Hunter, an animated short film, audio commentary with director Breck Eisner and a collection of deleted Scenes.
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It arrived on the big screen a week ahead of the release of SPECTRE, which could have contributed to it’s slightly less than impressive box office takings.ĭVD, Blu-ray and digital download: It had a second bite at the cherry with the DVD, Blu-ray and digital download release date in the UK on the 7th March 2016, following the US where it arrived on the 2nd February 2016. With so much emphasis on the visual impact of the film, which does in all fairness look impress in parts in the trailer, you might have been fooled into thinking that it would have been a perfect 3D release, but it was only available in 2D screenings unfortunately. Release dateĬinema: The Last Witch Hunter made its way to the big screen with a US and UK release date of Friday the 23rd October 2015, just a week ahead of Halloween. However, from the look of the trailer below there’s no super cool Stephen Dorff character in the mix, so maybe the comparisons break down when you scrutinise them in any detail, but it’s definitely in the same mold as the 1998 action horror. If we were being cynical we’d say that it feels a lot like a reboot of Blade with witches replacing vampires and an immortal Vin Diesel replacing Wesley Snipes. Set in New York City and the crazy Dreamworld, a doorway land in which the harbingers of magical tyranny live, it looked set to be a visual treat and while it didn’t perform all that well in terms of box office takings, the average three star review it’s getting would indicate that it could do a bit better on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. The Last Witch Hunter is a special effects fueled action adventure with a very supernatural twist as the most powerful witches, wizards and sorcerers plan their attack on the earth.
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