Unfortunately, The Last Witch Hunter is just too much of a mess to support it. We as the viewer can feel that, and become invested despite ourselves. Even here, he is having a lot of fun, and that is infectious. Just the right sort of shoulders to hang a light weight urban fantasy action franchise around. Vin ain't Brando, but given the right vehicle he is a competent action star that commits to his role with a smile and a wink. Vin might be a kick-arse swordsman with centuries of experience, but when his opponents are - a fat guy with a beard, a blind man with a cadre of butterflies, and an old woman….it just seems a little bit one-sided.Īll of which is a pity, because underneath this schlock is an actor that desperately wants to engage with it, and has enough charisma to drag the audience along for the ride. At no time do we ever feel he is in danger, or facing a threat that is equal to his skills. Vin is always an immortal unstoppable killing machine, even when his curse is lifted. The other pressing issue is the threat level. Soon events just appear to happen at random, rather than the result of a carefully scripted and constructed plot. In a world where 'a wizard did it' is actually a viable explanation, causality means nothing. Any attempt at world building is smothered under the weight of this poorly stitched together reality. As a result the concepts are under-explored, and the plot lurches from one unlikely event to the next. This script appears to have been passed over multiple times, but instead of developing and polishing it, the writers have instead crammed something new in with each pass.

The Last Witch Hunter is an under-baked, ill executed beast. yet an ancient threat may be about to shatter everything. Some 800 years later, he maintains the peace by enforcing a strict set of rules on magic users.

With 2013's Riddick putting the last nail in the coffin for that franchise, Vin has cast his eye over his past Dungeons & Dragons character sheets (seriously, that's this film's inspiration) to bring us The Last Witch Hunter.Īfter being cursed with eternal life for killing the last witch queen, Kalder ( Vin Diessel) is recruited by a religious cabal to act as their weapon. Other than finding new ways to say 'I am Groot' and driving classic muscle cars really fast, Vin looks like he wants something in the sci-fi or fantasy genre that he can call his own. Would someone please give Vin Diesel a franchise he can be happy with?

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