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Seventh Son

  • 20142014
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 42m
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Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, and Ben Barnes in Seventh Son (2014)
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected he country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county?
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When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the sev... Read allWhen Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
77K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,810
649
  • Director
    • Sergei Bodrov
  • Writers
    • Charles Leavitt(screenplay by)
    • Steven Knight(screenplay by)
    • Matt Greenberg(screen story by)
  • Stars
    • Ben Barnes
    • Julianne Moore
    • Jeff Bridges
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  • Director
    • Sergei Bodrov
  • Writers
    • Charles Leavitt(screenplay by)
    • Steven Knight(screenplay by)
    • Matt Greenberg(screen story by)
  • Stars
    • Ben Barnes
    • Julianne Moore
    • Jeff Bridges
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 241User reviews
    • 189Critic reviews
    • 30Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Interview 3:42
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    Basil Iwanyk
    Interview 3:18
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    Sergei Bodrov
    Interview 1:38
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    Kit Harington
    Interview 2:02
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    Olivia Williams
    Interview 3:23
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    Alicia Vikander
    Interview 2:54
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    Julianne Moore
    Interview 2:36
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    Ben Barnes
    Interview 2:25
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    Ben Barnes
    Ben Barnes
    • Tom Wardas Tom Ward
    Julianne Moore
    Julianne Moore
    • Mother Malkinas Mother Malkin
    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Master Gregoryas Master Gregory
    Alicia Vikander
    Alicia Vikander
    • Aliceas Alice
    Antje Traue
    Antje Traue
    • Bony Lizzieas Bony Lizzie
    Olivia Williams
    Olivia Williams
    • Mam Wardas Mam Ward
    John DeSantis
    John DeSantis
    • Tuskas Tusk
    Kit Harington
    Kit Harington
    • Mr. Bradleyas Mr. Bradley
    Djimon Hounsou
    Djimon Hounsou
    • Raduas Radu
    Gerard Plunkett
    Gerard Plunkett
    • Inquisitoras Inquisitor
    Jason Scott Lee
    Jason Scott Lee
    • Uragas Urag
    Kandyse McClure
    Kandyse McClure
    • Sarikinas Sarikin
    Luc Roderique
    Luc Roderique
    • Strixas Strix
    Zahf Paroo
    Zahf Paroo
    • Virahadraas Virahadra
    Timothy Webber
    Timothy Webber
    • Malcom Wardas Malcom Ward
    Lilah Fitzgerald
    Lilah Fitzgerald
    • Cate Wardas Cate Ward
    Marcel Bridges
    • Jack Wardas Jack Ward
    Libby Osler
    Libby Osler
    • Ellie Wardas Ellie Ward
    • Director
      • Sergei Bodrov
    • Writers
      • Charles Leavitt(screenplay by)
      • Steven Knight(screenplay by)
      • Matt Greenberg(screen story by)
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    • Trivia
      The mountain is called Pendle Mountain after Pendle Hill in England. In 1612, 12 people from the area around Pendle Hill were tried for witchcraft. Mother Malkin was most likely named after Malkin Tower, the house where Demdike (one of the witches tried in the Lancashire Witch Trials in 1612) lived. Malkin was local slang for excrement.
    • Goofs
      Every shot of the moon (except for once during the credits) shows a partially-lit moon with the illuminated portion angled upward and away from Earth. This is possible during daytime, but not at night, which all of the scenes with the moon were.
    • Quotes

      Tom Ward: [sniffs a flask and retches] That is disgusting. What does that kill?

      Master Gregory: [drinks from the flask] Cowardice.

    • Connections
      Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #51.11 (2014)

    User reviews241

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Neither a disaster nor a classic, but decent, fun and action-packed in its own right.
    It isn't easy to make a good fantasy film – as borne out by Seventh Son, which has suffered a particularly arduous journey to the silver screen. Originally slated for release in February 2013, its visual effects house went bankrupt and its studio, Legendary Pictures, parted ways with distributor Warner Bros. The film that's finally stumbling into cinemas almost two full years later (courtesy of Universal Pictures) should be an unmitigated disaster. Surprisingly, it's not. The film isn't exactly great, but it's a largely entertaining romp that's more inspired by than strictly faithful to Joseph Delaney's series of bestselling books.

    Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) is the seventh son of a seventh son: a rare genetic lineage that sets him on the path to becoming a Spook a.k.a., a slayer of the myriad evil creatures that haunt the land. He becomes the apprentice of grizzled, alcohol-addled John Gregory (Jeff Bridges), shortly after Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), an evil witch, escapes her earthly prison to claim the world as her own. With only a week to go before the blood moon rises, Tom trains with Gregory but finds himself distracted by the charms of Alice (Alicia Vikander) – a mysterious young lady with a few secrets of her own.

    While hardly groundbreaking in any way, the story unfolds with unexpected punch. Tom's story – one in which he comes of age and comes into his own – is accompanied by plenty of action sequences, courtesy of bone-crunching battles between men and other men (and women) who turn into soaring, swooping, fire-breathing dragons. Tom tumbles over a cliff to avoid a pursuing monster, Gregory battles a gigantic bear, and wraiths of smoke and despair trail after the Spook and his apprentice as they make their way through a dark, brooding forest.

    It helps, too, that the film is leavened by a welcome bite of humour. Seventh Son doesn't take itself as deadly seriously as some of its brethren in the fantasy genre do. That's why Gregory plunges into a bar brawl armed with nothing more than his flagon of beer, and Tom is allowed to make quite a few cutting remarks about his purported mentor that are heartily returned with interest.

    Ardent fans of Delaney's books should be warned: Seventh Son riffs on elements of the novels rather than staying strictly true to them. For one thing, Tom is considerably older in the film. Most noticeably, Malkin is a very different character than she is on the page. She's given more depth and complexity here, her vile behaviour explained, if not strictly justified by, her past entanglements with Gregory. It's actually quite nice to see a fantasy world that doesn't simply perpetuate the trope of the wicked witch, but instead dreams up characters that fall along a broad spectrum of morality.

    Barnes is well-cast as Tom, holding his own as both a hero and quasi-romantic lead. He shares a sweet, though not particularly electric, chemistry with Vikander who is, thankfully, called upon to do more than simper and flirt. But there are considerably more thrills to be had with Bridges, who manages to fold charm, menace and darkness into Gregory; and Moore, who's clearly having plenty of fun cutting her way through scenes as a whirlwind of madness and malevolence.

    By all accounts, Seventh Son should really have been an outright flop. It may still play as such to any fantasy aficionados who are demanding greatness on the level of The Lord Of The Rings. But, for pretty much everyone else, Seventh Son is an entertaining, undemanding film with some good ideas and a lot of fun moments. It's not a particularly great example of its genre but, given its troubled production history, that it's not completely execrable is probably nothing short of a miracle.
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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
      • China
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Spook's Apprentice
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Beijing Skywheel Entertainment Co.
      • China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
      • Legendary Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $95,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,223,265
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,217,640
      • Feb 8, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $114,178,613
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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