Fantasy film following a mystical knight (Jeff Bridges) and his 14-year-old apprentice (Ben Barnes) as they prepare to battle the malevolently powerful witch Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore). Based on the first book in the Wardstone Chronicles series of young adult novels by Joseph Delaney.
In an ancient time, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind. Master Gregory (Bridges) imprisoned Mother Malkin centuries earlier, now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning followers of every incarnation, the witch is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Gregory, about to come face to face with the evil he feared would return, trains his new apprentice to fight the dark magic.
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Watching Seventh Son is a bit like reading instructions that have been translated into English by someone who doesn’t actually speak the language. Sadly the creative team behind this star-studded effort just don’t speak fantasy.
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I know it's early, but "Seventh Son" may actually be the worst movie of the year. It will most certainly be a contender.
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Ends up being a movie about walking, interrupted occasionally by a battle against a mythological monster.
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Brisk and unpretentious, though the fact that these two qualities can be considered remarkable probably says more about the state of modern genre filmmaking than it does about the movie itself.
Full reviewSeventh Son is available to stream in Australia now on Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV.
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