SEVENTH SON (Theatrical Release Canada 2014)

 Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì 

Seventh Son starts with interesting potential to expand into a good movie. By the time Jeff Bridges gets his next apprentice, it seems there is a small shift as if everything becomes digitized including the main characters. This small detraction troubles the rest of the movie with Jeff Bridges eventually stranded on the island of ‘out of place’ on the sea of ‘weak character development’ that sits on a flat earth and does not realize its ability to achieve 3-dimensional volume and wholeness. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline 

A queen witch escapes prison and a professional tracker goes looking for her.

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Sergei Bodrov for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Alysia Cotter, John Jashni, Peikang La, and Brent O’Conner for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges), Tom Ward (Ben Barnes), Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), Alice (Alicia Vikander), Bony Lizzie (Antje Traue), Mam Ward (Olivia Williams), Tusk (John DeSantis), Mr. Bradley (Kit Harington), Radu (Djimon Hounsou), Inquisitor (Gerard Plunkett), Uraq (Jason Scott Lee), Sarikin (Kandyse McClure), Strix (Luc Roderique),  Virahadra (Zahf Paroo), and Malcolm Ward (Timothy Webber). 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

No. There are better stories that incorporate witches like The Wizard of Oz or Beastly.

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