The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter

Rating 4 out of 10

When I saw the previews for this movie I got excited.  Vin Diesel swinging a sword that is on fire killing witches released near Halloween?  How could that not be great?  Then the reviews started to roll in.  Terrible reviews. It is standing at a bad 15% on www.rottentomatoes.com.  Maybe they just don't like these type movies or Diesel and it is not that bad.  I set the bar low and went to an early show on a rainy day.  Sadly the reviews were accurate.

Eight hundred years ago Kaulder (Diesel) and a group of warriors are hunting down an evil witch that put a plague on their area.  Kaulder manages to sink his flaming sword into the evil witches chest but before she dies she curses him to live forever.  Over the years Kaulder becomes a witch wrangler who with the help of a catholic priest sidekick called a Dolan round up witches around the world and bring them to a court who then puts them in witch prison.

When really bad things start to happen in NYC Kaulder enlists the help of a dream walker Chloe (Rose Leslie- the red head bow and arrow girl from Game of Thrones).  She can somehow help him find the bad witches within dreams.

The biggest problem with this movie is it's an action movie without alot of action.  Most of the movie they are just sitting around talking about witches or things of their past.  The action that is here is not very good.  Kinda plods along.  The climax at the end is not much of a climax.

I'd say rent this one if you must.  It should have been much better.