MOVIE REVIEW - Season Of The Witch

Here we go again. Back down a road traveled hundreds of times before in story.

Season Of The Witch stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman in a story that takes place in the 1300's about witchcraft and demonic possession. I think this is supposed to be exciting. It's not. I also think this is supposed to be scary. It's not. And most of all I think this is supposed to be entertaining. It certainly is not.

Nic and Ron play these two knights that desert the order and break out on their own after having a falling out with the church they are sworn to defend. They are ordered to kill anyone not in perfect belief with the church, and after a slaughter of women and children, they leave. They find themselves arrested a month later in a village that makes them for deserters. They are granted freedom if they do one more task for the church. That is to transfer a young girl suspected of begin a witch that has spread plague on the country. She is to be tried in another village by those ordained to do so. The journey of course is dangerous and what will they find once they reach their destination. That is SOTW.

Sometimes when you go to the movies, you can't help but ask why? Why are we doing this again? Why this special effect laden, sorcery, witchy, demonic movie? My heavens are we really out of ideas? This movie has not one new thing to offer anyone on any level. Cage again is in a supernatural movie of sorts. Much violence, be it tame for the most part. There is no real clear reason to tell this story other than it was written by someone. This is completely non-compelling. I have seen few movies in the last few years where the time has passed slower, and my watch was seemingly frozen. I am a story guy. This is ho-humm story telling.

SOTW has the same look and feel as virtually every other like it. But here you get a ton of violent/non violent battle scenes. The sword killing of a ton of animated wolves, and enough little girl turning into a demon to go around. These kind of movies can be disturbing for some, so if you are not comfortable with possible demonic possession played out in front of you, then go see the movie down the hall.

Come to think of it, go see the movie down the hall anyway. It has to be more entertaining than Season Of The Witch. As we wait for new and more original ideas to come down the line.