Le Dernier Chasseur de sorcières

J'ai un scénario bon marché d'une valeur absolument nulle et je veux en faire un énorme succès. Afin d'être pris au moins un peu au sérieux, je paierai Michael Caine, même si ce sera gênant devant lui sur le plateau. Je ne lui demanderai pas s'il l'a lu jusqu'à la fin. Dans le but d'une atmosphère sombre, je confierai également à Jablonski la reprise d'une énorme musique de Zimmer dans le style de Batman. Je mettrai dans le rôle principal une star d'action socialement populaire mais terriblement maladroite, qui sélectionnera mon public cible de manière raisonnable pour les consommateurs non-exigeants de divertissement sans réflexion. Et je remplirai cela avec des effets spéciaux à bas coût qui ne sont même pas capables de gérer une course en voiture dans les rues de New York vue du dessus. Ce sentiment que l'on ressent après le film, de frustration face à une satisfaction nulle des spectateurs, qui nous oblige à regarder rapidement un autre film pour oublier et au moins avoir une impression, un constat, une satisfaction. (23/10/2015)

I wasn't expecting much from this, so when I found the beginning to be pretty entertaining, I was very surprised and wondered why it got such a low rating. And then it all became clear during the film. Kaulder is lame, the fights are even more so, and for being only 107 minutes long I thought it might be over after the 70th minute, it was kind of long. I was entertained until about the time Kaulder gets his gnocchi on, but there was nothing more interesting than that. Pretty mediocre, below average action fantasy. (16/01/2016)

A movie with a tree that gummy bears grow on can’t be all bad. Diesel tries to operate outside his three regular personas (Riddick, Toretto, Cage), but still without great success. It doesn’t work very well here. This fantasy is suspiciously reminiscent of something I wanted to see when I was into Conan as a boy. In the end, it’s fairly watchable and makes sense. A bit more work on the screenplay wouldn’t have hurt, but it’s ok. Rose Leslie makes it ten times better. Michael Caine’s line at the end is just cool. Not in the theater, but at home. (31/01/2016)

The Last Witch Hunter is an average fantasy flick, laced through and through with action and all sorts of magic. It benefits in particular from a likeable cast that balances the simplicity of the script, which reeks of cliché. One of a bunch of one-viewing films that neither impresses nor offends. (12/02/2016)

It's a shame that this movie plays it safe and the storyline is incredibly straightforward and very predictable. But I enjoyed the world presented here, it's a nicely polished B-movie with characters that I personally really like. Visually interesting, it has something of "Constantine" but it is also unique. You just know how it will end right away. Don't expect anything grand in it. (08/02/2016)