The Last Witch Hunter (2015) poster
2015 · action · adventure · fantasy · supernatural

The Last Witch Hunter

Directed by Breck Eisner1h 46m2015
ElsewhereIMDb5.9116kRT17%Metacritic34
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • epic-stakes
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, extreme action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

Our read · The Last Witch Hunter (2015) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want glossy Vin Diesel witch-slaying in modern NYC without taking mythology seriously.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 8attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightYou want coherent fantasy lore or prestige effects; this is B-movie energy.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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