The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

Director:

Breck Eisner

Writers:

Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama

Stars:

Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vin Diesel	...	Kaulder
Rose Leslie	...	Chloe
Elijah Wood	...	Dolan 37th
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson	...	Belial
Rena Owen	...	Glaeser
Julie Engelbrecht	...	The Witch Queen
Michael Caine	...	Dolan 36th
Joseph Gilgun	...	Ellic
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Max Schlesinger
Michael Halsey	...	Grosette
Sloane Coombs	...	Elizabeth
Lotte Verbeek	...	Helena
Dawn Olivieri	...	Danique
Inbar Lavi	...	Sonia
Armani Jackson	...	Armani

Storyline

The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful Queen Witch, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen curses Kaulder with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today Kaulder is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to Kaulder, the Queen Witch is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.

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Plot Keywords:

witch hunter | witch | magic | black magic | human branding | 

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Taglines:

Live forever. Hunt forever.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA China Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Witch Hunter

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,812,861, 25 October 2015

Gross USA:

$27,367,660

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$146,936,910

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, Mark Canton Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Auro 11.1 Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

From the cast in this movie, Vin Diesel worked in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sir Michael Caine worked on DC Comics' "The Dark Knight" trilogy and the Marvel movie Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), and Elijah Wood worked on Sin City (2005), which was an adaptation of an independent comic.

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Goofs

Add the beginning of the film Kaulder (Vin Diesel) uses a staple and a glass of water to create a makeshift compass. While it's up for debate that he uses magic to magnetize the metal, it's worth remembering that staples are made of zinc covered in steel, one not magnetic and the other not easily magnetizable, depending on the variety.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Belial: I swear to you, every single mother and daughter, father and son taken from us by the Black Plague will be avenged. It is their Witch Queen who brought this curse upon our lands. And in her death lies our salvation. Be warned, brothers. She will never truly perish until her heart beats its last. Let fear be dead to us. There is no going back, for there is nothing to go back to.

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Crazy Credits

The Summit Entertainment logo appears on a parchment in ink, with the text is written in runic script before morphing into normal letters.

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Alternate Versions

The UK version theatrical release is cut in order to secure a 12A rating. During post-production, the distributor was informed by the BBFC that the film was likely to be passed 15 but that their preferred (and more profitable) 12A could be achieved by making a number of reductions to moments of violence and horror. When the film was submitted for formal classification, acceptable reductions had been made and the film was classified 12A. The subsequent video release is uncut with a 15 classification.

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Connections

Featured in Conan: Elijah Wood/John Fogerty/Richard Thompson (2015)

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Soundtracks

Paint It, Black
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by Ciara
Published by ABKCO Music, Inc.
Courtesy of FINIS, By arrangement with Secret Road Music Services, Inc.
Ciara appears courtesy of Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

I actually really liked it.

This movie has garnered a lot of criticism, and to be honest, I'm a little surprised. The plot and CGI were good. The acting and casting was excellent. Some parts of the movie felt really similar to The Exorcist II (Boorman), and I appreciated the lucidity and metaphysics embedded in the plot. I felt like the scene changes and juxtaposing modern/mythical images did a good job of sliding the viewer into the otherworldliness of the script. Most of the criticism seemed to revolve around expectations of Vin Diesels performance. The Character is written tersely for a reason. Why do people expect someone to be Shakespeare, simply because they lived 800 years. That experience might make some people very quiet, and I found Vin Diesel's interpretation believable and appropriate. He isn't portrayed as a scholar or wizard: just a good man who happens to be cursed. Frankly, I don't think most of these people would have been happy with a 20 min monologue by Alan Rickman. The movie was a good fantasy/action movie with some clever plot elements and creative representations of traditional magical elements.