Seventh Son (2015)

Good concept, poorly executed.

good back-story, and good acting

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Just relax and soak this one up. It's fun and not at all as bad as reviews suggest. It reminds me of a time when these movies took themselves less seriously. Good fun. Good hero. Good villain. Good enough FX. Double love stories. Fun action. Pass the popcorn.

I think another reviewer put it nicely when he wrote, that this is neither a disaster nor a classic. It can be entertaining though, if you let yourself into the fantasy world. You've got really good actors in this and they're having fun. Jeff Bridges seems to channel a bit of Tom Hardy, though it's hard to tell sometimes the way he talks (in this case it's slightly different and almost to earnest for the tone of the movie itself, which is way lighter).But you also have the recently Oscar winning Vikander and Ms. Moore, both wonderful in their own rights. The special effects are decent too, though I didn't watch the 3D version, so I can't say how those worked out for the movie. It's a family affair mostly, even if it gets a bit dark from time to time.

This film has had allot of negative reviews but I gave it a shot and yes its pretty bad. The premise of the film sees a witch hunter get a new apprentice in order to stop an army of withes. Jeff bridges character was quite fun in this film but he had a lack of depth to his character and at Times it was a bit hard to understand him. Julianne moore was also pretty good in this film as the villain witch even though her character also lacked depth. Ben barnes plays the apprentice in this film and he is just so dull and we are never given a reason to even start liking this character. Also even though Alicia vikander is a good actress there is just no chemistry between the two and it really hurts the film. The story is really basic and lacks any depth to it or its characters. The script is poor as well with no drama or humour added to make the film fun. The style has some pretty fun action scenes but also has an over reliance on cgi that come across poorly. Overall this is a poor film that doesn't hit the levels it should.

I saw this movie on On Demand and decided to watch it. After seeing the trailer, I had a pretty good idea about what the movie was going to be about, but let me tell you it turned out to be a pretty well created movie. I just want to start out and say that the writers and the direct, Sergey Bodrov did an excellent job at creating the monsters. The C.G.I. was amazing. The monsters and shape shifters transformations were very well done. At one time in the movie the our heroes battled a man that changed into a bear and the transitions between man and bear were done beautifully. This movie was definitely action packed with different battles and fight scenes between good and bad all leading up to the end battle against the destruction of the earth. Even though this organization sounds typically, which for the most part it was, the actors played their parts well. The part that stood out to me that most was Jeff Bridges part. His character Master Gregory, his a heartless old man that has a very dangerous job; he was to hunt down and kill witches. Throughout the movie his character has to train a young apprentice his ways, which in many ways becomes the comic relief in the movie. Jeff Bridges' character often forgets or tells his lessons while they are happening so his apprentice has to learn on the job. Also, it helps that Bridges has a low under tone in his voice that makes it all the more comedic. In all the movie was very well made and played very nicely. If there was one thing I would add to the movie it would be a better explanation of the importance of the "Seventh Son". The movie is a little to action based when it comes to that part, by as soon as the master finds the new apprentice he gets thrown right into action and the movie doesn't explain the apprentice's background. The movie is named after the apprentice but still to this day i'm not sure why he had to the Seventh Son of the Seventh Son.