Review of Seventh Son (2014) by Nate B — 30 Jun 2015

Simply awful fantasy adventure.

Fantasy is one of my favorite genres. Recently the best we have been getting in fantasy is sadly The Hobbit series which unfortunately is not even remotely close to the epic feel of TLOTR series. Dracula Untold was an interesting outing but unfortunately it had its own flaws. Seventh Son is not only a poor fantasy film but its simply an awful film. I had not expected some great story but this film fails to entertain even with its visual dazzle. Actually I found the CGI and action pretty weak. The dragon like creatures, man with 4 hands and what not all looked so fake. Even the production and set design felt so cheap and B-grade. The story simply tries join the dots of the various action sequences and entirely predictable. There are quite many characters here and script rather focuses on filler action than the proper development of the characters. The strong cast with likes of Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, etc. all wasted. Kit Harrington aka Jon Snow is also there but his character is killed off in 5 minutes. Wish he had played the lead instead of the blank Ben Barnes The pacing is pathetically rushed and editing is terrible. All in all it was ridiculously bad. It had lot of fantasy elements to which could have utilized considering the source material but it fails miserably. Clichéd, boring, ridiculous, poorly acted,edited and written. Totally avoidable.

RATING: [1/5].