This leads to the death of Gregory’s apprentice, forcing him to seek out his next, who comes in the form of Tom Ward (Ben Barnes), the seventh son of a seventh son. He moves from town to town, getting drunk and burning witches with his apprentice Billy (Kit Harington) that is until he learns that his former flame/so-evil-she-has-red-dreadlocks witch woman, Malkin (Julianne Moore), has escaped her imprisonment and now plans to get her revenge (and probably take over the world or something too, it’s a little hazy, as far as overall witch plans go). Master Gregory is seemingly one of the last and clearly the best of his kind. In this film and the book series it was inspired by, a spook is essentially a witch hunter. Jeff Bridges brings yet another new layer to his True Grit accent in an effort to bring Master John Gregory, the Spook, to life. At the same time though, Seventh Son is a film so blinded by the thought that looking expensive equals awesome movie that it makes any admittedly cool sight, such as a warrior with four arms, completely devoid of the charm one could find in similar hack-and-slash medieval adventures of yesteryear. Having never looked all that engaging and finally being released after a two-year delay, it is not as if I expected something truly memorable. There are various ways to approach a review for a movie like this, most of which involve making fun of it, and honestly, this is the kind of movie that has been lined up to be made fun of. Seventh Son is a mess of familiar ideas, talented actors, and competent (but mostly ugly) visual effects all brought together into one horrible movie.
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