When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was
imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills
his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh
son, to help him.
Director:
Sergey Bodrov (as Sergei Bodrov)Writers:
Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Steven Knight (screenplay)Stars:
Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges
Storyline
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county
User Reviews
Went in with no
expectations and was pleasantly surprised. No regrets paying to see it
in theater which is more than I could say with the third hobbit movie.
Reminds me of a merlin/arthur like film sprinkled in with some brothers
grimm/season of the witch. Well done, nothing incredible, but no over
the top or in my opinion failed special effects or actions. Nothing
against any of the actors either. If I had to grade it as a movie over
all, not a A but a solid B-B-. For what it did in the medieval fantasy
genre especially compared to what we have seen from that genre as of
late, it hits the A there sure. I recommend seeing it in theater, no
IMAX or 3D, just standard showing though.
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