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Season of the Witch

Not all souls can be saved.

5.5 / 10

95 minutes

2011-01-07

Latin

US

Actors :

Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ulrich Thomsen, Christopher Lee, Fernanda Dorogi, Stephen Graham, Rebekah Kennedy, Matt Devere, Robert Sheehan, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Rory McCann, Kevin Rees, Andrew Hefler, Róbert Bánlaki

Description

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

Per Gunnar Jonsson

5/16/2024, 3:21:15 PM

It never received very god critics and I have to say it wasn’t the best film that I have seen, even though Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors. Then again, I never really like it when my favorite actors die at the end of the movie. Also the CGI, especially at the end of the film, was of rather mediocre quality. Anyway, on the whole it was a fairly nice medieval sword swinging fantasy/supe...

Wuchak

Wuchak

6/23/2021, 3:58:05 PM

***Knights, crusades, black plague, witches, castles, foreboding forests and demons*** RELEASED IN EARLY 2011 and directed by Dominic Sena, "Season of the Witch" chronicles events when two ex-Teutonic Knight crusaders (Nicolas Cage & Ron Pearlman) traveling through Styria in modern-day Austria are enlisted to escort an alleged witch suspected of causing the black death (Claire Foy) to a remote ...

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

9/8/2022, 2:54:04 PM

**A perfect example of how disrespect for the past and history can totally annihilate a film, even if it is fiction.** I really enjoy watching period films. However, my work as a historian gives me some antibodies to these films, for reasons linked to the lack of ability to harmonize creative freedom and strict respect for the historical facts and period customs. So, it was with some curiosity ...