![]() ![]() ![]() The dialogue isn’t great, so quickly moving from set piece to set piece is a boon. The action can be pretty fun to watch, and is never more than a sword’s reach away. The baddies are interesting, if not a little too under-cooked. It’s over-the-top, ham-fisted, and clunky at times, but it also moves quick. Pro – EntertainingĪll that said, “Seventh Son” can be entertaining. ![]() The other bits all feel like generic paint-by-number fantasy fare. A sword and sorcery movie like this attracts a very specific audience, and it’s hard to imagine most of them won’t have seen or read “The Witcher,” which is an improved version of this film in all respects. While some may point out “The Witcher” just released on Netflix this year is a series, it is important to note the books that serve as source material for that series started coming out back in 1994. The movie feels like a teen-friendly version of “The Witcher” with a dash of “Men in Black” thrown in for flavor. “Seventh Son” lacks a lot of things, and originality is chief among them. Having come to Netflix though, the movie is having something of a renaissance and for most people feels like a new release. A poorly rated release from 2014, it would hardly seem to be the first movie to buck that trend. “Seventh Son” is an unusual choice for this column as it usually only covers new releases. “Seventh Son” is a movie about a professional monster hunter determined to rid the world of a great evil once and for all.
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