The Last Witch Hunter

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “While most other films sprint through expository dialogue, and bluster their way through action scenes, The Last Witch Hunter is measured enough to make you want to suspend your disbelief.”

  Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com · 75

• “The story works out like you might expect. The joys are in the way director Breck Eisner, like Diesel, is earnest about this goofiness. His direction might not showcase the full wit of the script, but it does honor its inventiveness.”

  Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice · 70

• “It has enough ingredients for a reasonably entertaining fantasy adventure—except, that is, for an interesting lead character with an emotionally compelling hook.”

  Kenji Fujishima, Slant Magazine · 63

• “It’s a shame that The Last Witch Hunter ends up crumbling into another generic showdown of murky fantasy effects and snatched artifacts, with a final shot that is literally framed around a door to possible sequels.”

  Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The A.V. Club · 58

• “In its favor, The Last Witch Hunter boasts some terrific production design and digital effects.... Less impressively, Eisner’s movie is clogged with cardboard characters, flat dialogue and a sluggish middle act that gets lost in too much fabricated witchy folklore.”

  Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter · 50