The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
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An immortal witch-hunter must stop a plague from ravaging the world while confronting the legacy of a cursed queen.
The story
Eight hundred years ago, the Witch Queen unleashed the Black Plague to wipe out humanity, but a band of knights managed to impale her. Before dying, the Queen cursed a knight named Kaulder with eternal life. In the present day, Kaulder serves as a witch-hunter for an organization called the Axe and Cross, tasked with maintaining the truce between humans and witches. When the 36th Dolan, a priest who assists Kaulder, is murdered, Kaulder and a young apprentice begin investigating the crime, discovering traces of old dark magic that suggest a much larger threat is returning.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Eight hundred years ago, the Witch Queen unleashed the Black Plague, but was impaled by knights, including Kaulder, who was cursed with immortality. In the present, Kaulder works for the Axe and Cross to police witches. After the 36th Dolan is murdered, Kaulder and the 37th Dolan discover the 36th is under a dark magic spell. Kaulder seeks a memory spell from a witch named Chloe to remember his past. They discover that the Queen's heart was spared and hidden, and that a warlock named Belial (Baltasar Ketola) intends to revive her. After several confrontations, Kaulder learns the Queen escaped into the city, stealing his immortality. The Queen attempts to release a new plague using imprisoned witches. During a final battle, the 37th Dolan reveals his parents were the warlock and witch Kaulder killed and is killed by the Queen. Kaulder uses weather runes to burn the Queen to ash. He intends to kill himself and the Queen's heart, but Chloe convinces him to keep fighting. The 36th Dolan and Chloe join Kaulder to form a new team.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 106
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Breck Eisner
- Cast and characters
- Vin Diesel · Kaulder; Elijah Wood; Rose Leslie; Julie Engelbrecht; Michael Caine
- Genres
- fantasy; action; dark fantasy; supernatural; thriller
- Themes
- immortality; curse; duty; sacrifice
- Tone and mood
- grim; action-fantasy
- Premise and plot tags
- witch hunting; supernatural; dark fantasy; urban fantasy
- Source material / true-story basis
- Dungeons & Dragons campaigns of Vin Diesel as 'Melkor the Witch-Hunter'
- Franchise connections
- A sequel is in development.
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but grossed $146.9 million worldwide.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 17% · review count: 138; Metacritic · score: 34 · scale: 100 · review count: 22
- Production trivia
- The film was the last distributed by Summit Entertainment before it was absorbed into Lionsgate.; Vin Diesel revealed the film was an adaptation of his own Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.; The film's New York premiere was held at the Loews Lincoln Square on October 13, 2015.
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