Film Review - Warcraft (2016)

Based off of the very popular Blizzard Video Games, Warcraft tells the tale of the Orcs whose world is dying and using Black Magic they open a Dark Portal to the World of Azeroth which is ruled by the Humans who do not take the threat of war from the Orcs lightly.

That might sound like a brief plot synopsis but when you watch the film it is very hard to understand as quite frankly this movie is a mess of a storyline but before I delve into that I want to talk about what I did like and that is the films visuals, the visual effects, the Orc makeup, the armour, the weapons, the costumes are all outstanding and a real treat for the eyes as it all looks very real and not once did I get bored just looking at the film.

But that storyline oh my goodness it is a complete and utter mess and right from the get go anyone who is not familiar with the lore of Warcraft is going to be completely lost and will struggle throughout the film to keep up with what's going on and Duncan Jones who co-wrote the script and directed the film it feels like watching it that he has his hands tied.

And when you read that his original cut was 40 minutes longer it really does make the editing in this film feel all the more choppy as scenes and storylines at times feel like they go nowhere and if you look at what Peter Jackson did with Lord of the Rings and the way he brought the audience into Middle Earth and allowed each of the 3 films to have a 3 hour runtime to tell the story properly this just doesn't feel like it's good enough anymore.

The opening of Highlander also did that with Sean Connery's narration that told you about the immortals before blasting Queen and "HERE WE ARE, BORN TO BE KINGS WE'RE THE PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE!!" just one more example of how it can be done.

And so that was Warcraft if you're a fan then what I say will be meaningless to you as you'll want to see it for yourself but if you're not I would avoid this film as it is not very good at all despite its great visuals, 1.5 out of 5.