For Shadow and Bone fans, you won’t want to miss Barnes playing an out-of-sorts and somewhat vulnerable hero. Moore and Bridges are at their scenery-chewing best, and the supporting cast is littered with familiar faces. There are sparks of humor that keep you going. The film is irreverent, a refreshing change for a genre that tends to take itself too seriously. He just needs some training before he fights her, so who better to guide him than the last member of the society of knights, Master Gregory ( Jeff Bridges)? Seventh Son may seem derivative and unoriginal, but it’s also ridiculously fun. Based on the first book in Joseph Delaney’s The Wardstone Chronicles, the film stars Ben Barnes as the titular seventh son, who is destined to save the world from Mother Malkin ( Julianne Moore). The glorious cinematography, the ‘spooks’, the witches, the monsters, they all clearly signpost this film as a product of its genre. Seventh Son is unabashedly a fantasy film. Run Time: 1 hr 42 min | Director: Sergei BodrovĬast: Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander Adapted from the comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and brought to life with a razor-sharp eye by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film also sees a scene-stealing KiKi Layne command the screen as Nile to make it a must-see for any lover of action cinema. The twist is that the reason for their immortality is that all the members have regenerative healing abilities that ensure they can take quite a beating and keep going. It stars a typically resolute Charlize Theron as Andy, the head of a group of immortal mercenaries who must undertake a revenge mission after being set-up by someone they trusted. Run Time: 2 hr 5 min | Director: Gina Prince-BythewoodĬast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry MellingĪn action thrill-ride that is still slept on to this day, The Old Guard is a superhero movie all its own that packs a real punch in everything from its crushing combat sequences to the prevailing heart found in each one of its characters.

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