The Last Witch Hunter is yet another Vin debacle!
So he has a knack for action. Or so we have perceived and accepted him as. The action bloke! But he seems to drive the action well only when he is behind the wheels. Apart from the Fast and Furious franchise, we have rarely seen him successfully take a movie to a badass fruition.
The Last Witch Hunter is anything but a good action movie. The witch action depicted was overshadowed by the cranky looking disgusting witch-faces and the flick’s average CGI. At one point the growing roots and branches of the trees looked so animated, I wondered if I walked in for an animated movie. The action ends up without a proper focus and it becomes hard to concentrate. Also, it was horrifically limited.
The plot is downright outrageous. The minute I saw Vin give a cheesy one liner to the air hostess in the beginning scene, I at once understood, what I was in for. The story contains a prologue and a follow up eventually to connect the dots, which could have been directed beautifully had we not Breck Eisner to helm this flick.
The concept of the movie is based on sheer fantasy, which if not depicted well, naturally goes to the toilet. So, if there is nothing engaging to watch, you automatically slip into a jaded zone.
Rose Leslie’s role is that of a Dream Walker. She’s like a walking pensieve. (and Harry Potter winks!) Without a proper story she gets hazy too. Michael Caine is there in the flick just to converse with Vin, and to go into a coma. He did the latter quite well. Elijah Wood’s role headed towards naught. He should have never left his Frodo bags.
What I also almost forgot to mention, is the fact that the movie is really boring. You will be hit by a sudden indifference with all the witch-crap they throw at you without a proper explanation. Even the screenplay was an attempt at subtle one-liners, something every action movie proudly thrives on.
This movie was a failed attempt at witchcraft. I just wish a big production house and better directors to pick up this project and reboot the shit outta this!
The Last Witch Hunter
Pros
- Story build up was good
- The cast work pretty hard to uplift its shoddy direction
Cons
- Action is limited and lacks focus
- A lot of loopholes
- Quite boring stuff
- Witchcraft fiction goes to waste without proper explanation
- Melodrama is pathetic
