In the Age of the Crusades in the Fourteenth Century, the nobleman Behmen of Bleibruk (Nicolas Cage) joins the Crusades with his comrade Felson (Ron Pearlman) battling against the unholy enemies in the name of the Church. Years after, they slaughter a city full of women and children and Behmen and Felson desert the army of God disappointed with the Church and returning home.
Along their journey, they find the Black Plague everywhere until they reach a town where they buy horses and supplies. However, Behmen is recognized by his sword's crest and arrested with Felson in the dungeons. The Cardinal D'Ambroise (Christopher Lee) proposes them to join the knight Eckhart (Ulrich Thomsen), who grieved the loss of his wife and his daughter, and the priest Debelzaq (Stephen Campbell Moore) to deliver the Black Witch (Claire Foy), accused to be responsible for the Black Plague, to the Abbey at Severac, where the monks possess the last copy of an ancient book of rituals that will destroy the witch's powers and end the Plague.
Behmen promises a fair trial to the youngster and the swindler Hagamar (Stephen Graham) guides the group through a dangerous way. Along their journey, they meet the altar boy Kay (Robert Sheehan) that wants to be a knight and joins the team. Soon Behmen concludes that the girl is really a witch but when they reach the monastery, they realize that the danger is even greater than they have imagined.
"Season of the Witches" is a reasonable adventure full of special effects with a silly conclusion. The film is entertaining and not as bad as many critics and viewers have written. The greatest flaw in the plot is to use the absurd witch hunting promoted by the Church in the Middle Ages and gives a kind of endorsement to the action of the Church, showing the existence of real witches. The final fight against the powerful beast is not good. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Caça às Bruxas" ("Witches Hunting")
Note: On 29 Aug 2020. I saw this film again.
Along their journey, they find the Black Plague everywhere until they reach a town where they buy horses and supplies. However, Behmen is recognized by his sword's crest and arrested with Felson in the dungeons. The Cardinal D'Ambroise (Christopher Lee) proposes them to join the knight Eckhart (Ulrich Thomsen), who grieved the loss of his wife and his daughter, and the priest Debelzaq (Stephen Campbell Moore) to deliver the Black Witch (Claire Foy), accused to be responsible for the Black Plague, to the Abbey at Severac, where the monks possess the last copy of an ancient book of rituals that will destroy the witch's powers and end the Plague.
Behmen promises a fair trial to the youngster and the swindler Hagamar (Stephen Graham) guides the group through a dangerous way. Along their journey, they meet the altar boy Kay (Robert Sheehan) that wants to be a knight and joins the team. Soon Behmen concludes that the girl is really a witch but when they reach the monastery, they realize that the danger is even greater than they have imagined.
"Season of the Witches" is a reasonable adventure full of special effects with a silly conclusion. The film is entertaining and not as bad as many critics and viewers have written. The greatest flaw in the plot is to use the absurd witch hunting promoted by the Church in the Middle Ages and gives a kind of endorsement to the action of the Church, showing the existence of real witches. The final fight against the powerful beast is not good. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Caça às Bruxas" ("Witches Hunting")
Note: On 29 Aug 2020. I saw this film again.