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2.0
Instead of immersing viewers in its magical realm, as most great fantasies do, this adaptation of Blizzards wildly popular game series keeps them at a ..
Av Club
1.5
By its very nature, Warcraft the movie cant replicate that participatory element.
Av Club
2.0
Warcraft is not the worst example of its genre, but it is a tedious and forgettable one: it reeks of corporate branding, its story and characters are ..
Den Of Geek
2.0
When it doesnt, you get the next Speed Racer or Jonah Hex or Lone Ranger which is exactly what Warcraft will end up becoming.Its soulless, incoherent, ..
EW
0.6
The humans have a powerful wizard of their own: Medivh, or The Guardian, as hes known.
Rogerebert
1.0
Disinterested, disengaged storytelling, stale dialogue, and an overuse of familiar visual effects add up to a forgettable big screen rendition of the ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
This is truly a depressing experience.Its rare to feel such pity for a major studio movie, but watching Warcraft bend over backwards to set up a seque ..
Indie Wire
1.5
The Wraps Alonso Duralde wasnt a fan either stating: Imagine Battlefield Earth without the verve and you get this sludgy, tedious fantasy adventure, a ..
Indie Wire
1.5
Otherwise the studio could be looking at one of the biggest duds of the summer.
Variety
2.5
Theres incredibly admirable, hell for leather ambition to the entire picture, and that carries it through the clunkiest dialogue and most wooden perfo ..
We Got This Covered
2.0
An epic fantasy adventure with all the trimmings but none of the personality The role playing video game World of Warcraft was a clunky Frankenstein t ..
Time Out
2.0
More off putting is the glaring artificiality: the carelessly constructed mythology, a hotch potch of devices from other films and stories, is as fake ..
The Guardian
2.0
The heavy use of CGI, and its occasionally awkward interactions with the live action elements, only serves to distance us even more.
The Guardian
1.3
Yet even if Warcraft does indeed turn a profit, it will function as a depressing cautionary tale about what Hollywood does to its newcomers regardless ..
0.6
Heres hoping the next chapter languishes in development hell forever.
3.5
The result is a 3D sword and sorcery adventure whose CG heavy look and cartoonish action should work for gamers and hardcore genre fans, even if the f ..
Screen Daily
2.0
The only thing that feels fully crafted in Warcraft is the world.
Collider
4.5
Dramatically and technically, Warcraft gives the concept of hybrid new punch.
The Hollywood Reporter
0.0
Warcraft the movie, awash in often awful CGI and taking itself far too seriously is, by films end, an inadvertently hilarious parody of the very fanta ..
1.5
Jones ... against the odds, has mined a watchable movie out of an entertainment franchise that started with a video game and now includes novels, comi ..
The New York Times
0.8
Already seriously in the running to take the prize for Worst Movie of 2016, Warcraft may prove that the fabled video game adaption curse is so strong ..
Paste Magazine
1.5
The humans have a powerful wizard of their own: Medivh, or The Guardian, as hes known.
Rogerebert
3.5
As a result, the climactic face offs and cliff hangers have far more dramatic weight than you might have imagined.
IGN
2.0
If not, you should avoid it at all costs.While theres something admirable in Joness steadfast adherence to naff fantasy tropes, it makes no concession ..
Telegraph
1.0
While theres something admirable in Joness steadfast adherence to naff fantasy tropes, it makes no concession to fans of realism.
Telegraph
5.0
The film owes a particular debt to James Camerons Avatar not only in its skillful use of performance capture technology to bring a fictional race to c ..
2.5
The dialogue is so earnest that its lack of humor becomes a source of humor in itself.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.8
This is a movie which would have done better with practical effects not only to humanize the performances so we cared about what happened to character ..
The Young Folks
1.5
After all, Ive heard World of Warcraft is one of the more story/character focused video games, and theres no reason we cant make good movies from popu ..
The Young Folks
2.0
If this is the beginning, hopefully the next chapter will remember to deliver the fun too.
3.0
But his keen eye and palpable ambition doesnt only salvage but makes the blockbuster just about worthwhile.
Cinema Blend
2.0
Advertising What Warcraft lacks in coherent character development and standalone narrative it makes up for in visual spectacle.
Screen Rant
3.8
(The names are both complicated and silly, but no more so than the Frodos, Gandalfs and Aragorns who populate The Lord of the Rings.).This narrative i ..
The Globe And Mail
1.9
Just because you can come up with names such as Azeroth, Durotan, Orgrim, and Grommash Hellscream doesnt mean youre J.R.R. Tolkien, people.
Philly
2.0
How can you save a story that lacks soulThis dreadfully boring film ends with the hope of a sequel.
3.0
For anyone else, though, the attraction of this overblown exercise in derivative fantasy would seem to be minimal.
One Guys Opinion
0.5
More pleasing, for fans of this kind of thing, is Warcrafts spirited and inventive (for a movie) depiction of magic.
Village Voice
1.3
If youve loved the game, you might appreciate the visuals cooked up for this fantasy universe.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Warcraft provides the shell of a great fantasy adventure saga but never effectively goes beyond that.
ReelViews
3.0
10 1 7 / 10 A video game franchise that has endured since 1994, Warcraft finally makes it way to the big screen after years of development.
Blu Ray
1.0
Movies adapted from video games are a disreputable genre, andisnt likely to change that.
Chicago Reader
0.6
ailing to make this narrative even slightly coherent is the fault of the movie, not those who dont know this stuff inside and out before seeing it.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
No need to have ever played a video game to enjoy Warcraft, though a healthy affection for swashbuckling action and throwback fantasy probably helps.
Usa Today
1.5
There is just so much lore trying to be crammed into two hours, and you just cant do that with WarCraft. Because of that, the pacing is so off.
You Tube
3.0
However, the story is so sketchy that character development and motivation is almost nonexistent.Rather than spending so much time setting the stage f ..
Lariat
2.0
The film is neither campy nor interesting but to its credit, it doesnt seem like its based on a video game, either.It seems like its based on second h ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Then again, it may not matter; they may simply rhapsodize over the breathtaking CGI and nonstop battle scenes.
News Review
2.0
If the characters are given time to breathe, the inevitable sequel could be promising, but on its own Warcraft: the Beginning doesnt quite hit the mar ..
Radio Times
1.5
But for those of us whove never played the game or even watched it in action, the film, its storyline, and its various characters dont end up amountin ..
Screen It
2.0
Its a fun, fantastical moment that contrasts with the serious tone of the film.
Independent
1.3
The result is an indigestible stew that blends Warcraft with elements of Avatar, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and every escapist fantasy that ever man ..
Rolling Stone
1.5
A film adaptation of the hugely popular MMORPG (thats Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), this latest video game adaptation ranks near th ..
The Wrap
1.5
This fantasy epic is made with love. If only it were made with quality, too.
Film Journal
2.5
And it offers a bit more complexity than some other nonstop action flicks adapted from video games.
New York Post
3.5
The World of Warcraft is vast, richly detailed and breathtakingly beautiful.It is rare that a film this ambitious doesnt have flaws.
Hindustan Times
2.5
Director Duncan Jones has made a noble attempt to fashion a cinematic world of his own, but his characters lack the depth and substance to give the fi ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
VPC Fantasy flick captures the look but not the tongue in cheek charm of the popular video game franchise.
Az Central
1.9
The good side of the film is its moments of unintentional comedy.
Star Tribune
4.5
Its great that Warcraft doesnt waste any time either with like telling you who people are.
2.5
Sitting through Warcraft is like watching a heavily abridged Lord of the Rings with all the good characters taken out.
Toronto Star
2.0
Nonetheless, this film version, which carries a 12A certificate despite some highly disturbing imagery, should be approached with great caution As for ..
Daily Mail
4.5
Its a mess narrative wise, and is painfully convoluted, but often times I found myself very entertained and intrigued...
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Hints of humour help, largely conjured by Ben Schnetzers boy wizard, but more might have leavened the overstuffed load.
Flim List
2.0
In conclusion, one should note that in the past few years the gaming industry has evolved, abandoning games in the literal sense in favor of inter act ..
Susang Ranger
2.0
Putting it bluntly, its generic high fantasy passably re created with state of the art CGI, that more often than not makes Warcraft come across as wat ..
Flickering Myth
1.5
Even acts of sacrifice, in the grand finale, feel morally weightless, designed largely to pave the way for a sequel.
New Yorker
1.5
Despite what you may have heard, Warcrafta movie based on the staggeringly popular series of video gamesis neither the worst movie ever made nor the g ..
Time
3.0
The most violent film to get a PG 13 rating in a very long time, Warcraft mixes live action, motion capture and 3 D in the way that James Camerons Ava ..
Boston Herald
2.0
It is two hours of grand spectacle and arch character work with hardly an interstitial beat in between.
The Film Stage
1.9
They were intelligent, immersive science fiction that made us think and feel, and that delivered an amazing bang for their production buck.
Boston Globe
1.5
Warcraft games are full of gags and dumb puns, the kind of stuff that makes nerds giggle.
Uproxx
5.0
Warcraft is a masterpiece of cinema that truly speaks to me and my interests.
Flickfilosopher
1.0
It generates no great pleasure to reveal the wretchedness of this grand enterprise.
The Irish Times
4.5
The humongous golem hes sculpting in his isolated tower is the first red flag that hes several glyphs around the dark bend.
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Warcraft doesnt engage in much world building; instead, it throws viewers into an already constructed world expecting theyll get the gist of it.
The Atlantic
4.5
I cant say this is a good movie but I kind of love it for its willingness to go all in on the fantasy.The movie takes no half measures.
Birth Movies Death
4.5
The villain, Guldan, ends up being the most impressive and compelling orc, a sign of the films failure to properly make orcs complex characters.
Deccan Chronicle
2.0
Its as if the real props got lost in a fire and someone dashed out to Poundland and screamed Give me everything youve got thats shiny!
Standard
2.5
Even so, the end result is something less than wonderful, Duncan and Leavitts juvenile script more Dragonheart than it is Dragonslayer, more Krull tha ..
Movie Freak
3.0
Either way, its hard to imagine a more colossal clunker this summer.
Detroit News
1.5
Thats despite the noble effort of director Duncan Jones, who helmed the lower budget sci fi wonders Moon and Source Code and labors mightily here to c ..
Variety
1.0
But it is a cobbled mess of a story that offers little present tense engagement and relies on its visuals and periodic action beats for its impact.
Forbes
1.0
If you are not wondering what the hell is happening, youll be asking yourself why the heck youre still watching.
Herald Sun
2.0
Its near impossible to find any characterization amidst what is yet another elaborate work of chaos worship.Warcraft wants to distinguish itself as ge ..
Consequence Of Sound
1.3
Jones still has an eye. But the movie is so overwhelmingly digitalized that most of it looks like a cartoon. Even when living, breathing actors are on ..
Nj
3.5
If you dont mind your popcorn movies giving you extra credit assignments, Warcraft might be fun for you.
Vox
1.0
This production may be titled The Beginning, but on this showing it would be a spectacular surprise if we ever saw the middle, or the end.
Hey U Guys
2.0
Ironically, it is most successful at bringing more far fetched ideas like Orcs and magic to life than it is regular people.
The Play List
2.0
Thats about as defined as anyone gets, and the actors arent allowed to come up with any shading or spark for their characters.
Now Toronto
5.0
Even addressing common employee grievances is harder than one would imagine.
Scroll
2.0
Its pointless to get in the path of a growing franchise, but couldnt they make love, not Warcraft
The Age
2.5
If you can sit through this bombastic epic fantasy and can give a coherent plot synopsis afterwards then you surely deserve the title.
The Age
2.0
Plus, it doesnt help that, even with all the ornate costuming and detailed character designs, the basic concepts of destiny, betrayal, unsure allegian ..
3.0
Epic world building aside, Joness ambitious but cumbersome game play needs more wonder, wit and thrills.
Games Radar
1.5
Is the movie as bad as the critics say or is it yet another doomed video game movie
You Tube
3.5
Director, Duncan Jones delivers a fantasy action epic that will satifsy hardcore Warcraft gamers and fans of the Fantasy genre.
You Tube
1.5
Director Duncan Jones, a self professed WOW fanatic, tries in vain to give the story from the Warcraft games a cinematic edge and is left with a thoro ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.0
Most, quite reasonably, expected an epic here but perhaps one lacking character or soul in place of scale but Warcraft is genuinely a lot better than ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
Despite the silly names and cheesy nerdism theres plenty of fun to be had in Duncan Jones video game adaptation.
Lw Lies
3.5
Its an astonishingly designed vision of an alternate universe that is brutal and savage and yet often gorgeous to behold.
Abc
2.0
That he succeeds is politically laudable, but it doesnt make for a very fun film.
Digital Spy
3.0
I had a ball watching Warcraft: The Beginning.But enjoying it may require a willingness to go along with the films creative choices.
Flicks
1.5
Video games have a pretty lousy track record of being adapted into movies. Warcraft upholds this proud tradition by being a disappointing, hot mess.
Stl Today
1.5
Warcraft, a distinctly terrible movie from director Duncan Joneswho made a great movie once (Moon) and will likely do so againis way less joyous and f ..
The Stranger
1.5
Warcraft is one of those films that should remind all of us who call ourselves reviewers that like every other film ever made it doesnt exist just for ..
Stuff
2.5
And the final collision between the two sides is bizarrely overcomplicated by its enormous scale.
Contact Music
1.5
Fimmel probably comes out the other end of the mess the best, proving he could be the hero in a much better epic.
Film Racket
4.5
Sometimes it is vibrant and amazing, sometimes it falls into the conventional, but, I repeat, I put the blame on its blockbuster status and introducti ..
1.5
But having sat through this baffling movies grueling two hours, I cant in good conscience even recommend it to Warcraft devotees.Theres nothing here f ..
Vanity Fair
2.0
At the end of the day though, its what it is a big budget commercial franchise spun off from a computer game. After two hours it doesnt really end, it ..
The Arts Desk
2.5
Unless you have immersed yourself in the game you wont give a single jot about anyone in the film.
The Sun
3.0
Warcraft doesnt quite break that trend, but it is a solid step forward.
Matts Movie Reviews
1.5
Overall, Warcraft has nothing new and exciting to offer in terms of cinematic quality.
FilmFare
1.5
Some Warcraft fans will be happy to see such a thematically accurate adaptation of the franchise, but for the most part, this feels like a disappointi ..
Daily Dot
1.9
Alas, even with Jones occasional flashes of visual wonder, the story is a dull hodgepodge of fantasy elements familiar to readers of J.R.R. Tolkien, G ..
Sltrib
2.0
There is little suspense or tension, and the tragic moments that happen (as characters are skewered with swords or spears) lack any real emotional imp ..
Scmp
2.0
Those figures alone will ensure a sequel.Hopefully a few more subplots will be wrapped up next time.
The Film Pie
1.5
A lot of the world specific dialogue and descriptions dont add much to a basic understanding of the story.
Io9 Gizmodo
1.9
This loud, bombastic, often incoherent mishmash of magical themed storytelling simply was not worth whatever effort went into it.
Chicago Sun Times
2.5
The best thing about Warcraft is that it is character driven and feels personal, which is an amazing quality to have in an expensive effects picture.J ..
Straight
3.0
If you do, then youll be rewarded.The Warcraft movie is entertaining and immersive.
Movie Web
2.0
But if it feels slightly fake, its gorgeously so, like the too red blood of old horror films.
Sandiego Reader
3.0
Some audiences will take away nothing but the clumsy pacing and overabundance of characters.
Cinemix Tape
1.0
What tips it over into the realm of rank odorousness is the acting and the dialogue.
Straits Times
2.0
Its about as coherent as that, too, but its the rare debacle that feels like it came from a good place.
Metro New York
3.0
The fact that director Duncan Jones has hammered any kind of story out of one of the most popular videogames of all time is impressive, but Warcraft g ..
One Room With A View
1.5
In 2016, being able to deliver a range of CGI boosted fantasy landscapes is the bare minimum required for a film of this size: if you cant back it up ..
Sbs
2.5
Much trust was placed on Legendary Pictures and the talents courted for Warcraft to break the film to game curse, but this match has ended with a loss ..
Chron
2.0
Its frustrating that a director as talented as Duncan Jones comes up short with his first turn at a big budget movie.
The Shiz Nit
3.5
And yet there is an undeniable zeal to be found in Warcraft, a refreshing sincerity for old fashioned fantasy conceits.
Crave Online
2.0
Its all up to you Fassbender.But while we wait for Assassins Creed, lets take a look back over Warcraft and look at the four ups and six downs from th ..
What Culture
2.5
Dont misunderstand: Its not good.But there are moments where its true potential shines through brief glimpses of the intriguing blend of characters, p ..
Polygon
4.5
It often feels like Warcraft should have taken more time from its repetitive epic battles to fill in the gaps between its jarring plot lurches.
The Verge
3.5
Its colourful, eye catching, and often engaging.Only the unfocused story lets it down, but thats less a sword to a guts, more a gash across the cheek.
The Ooh Tray
2.0
This may not be the worst movie of the year, but it is definitely the worst use of $160 million.
Bowling Green Daily News
2.0
Schnetzers Khadgar is occasionally fun but his journey is all too frequently sidelined.
Scifi Now
1.3
Demonic monsters of the Lord of the Rings world, appropriated and repurposed by the makers of the vastly popular Warcraft fantasy video game.Theyre ce ..
Seattle Times
3.0
But Warcraft, while a visual feast, is little more than a dumb action blockbuster that has a bit of style but little substance.
Guide Live
1.5
Have we learned nothing from The Amazing Spider Man 2 Dont make a movie thats mostly set up for a sequel if you dont know that sequels going to happen ..
Film Journal International ..
1.9
After a trying and torturous opening, the story starts coming into view, and Warcraft soon emerges as well, its still a feeble flick, but it improves ..
Clclt
1.0
It barely works as a stand alone film, let alone an exciting set up for a entire franchise.
Fresh Fiction
3.0
Every bit of its stunning special effects is a nod to Blizzards meticulously designed fantasy environments.
3.0
Im not trying to be flip here: This movie is so nonsensical that you find yourself simply adding up the creatures you can recognize and seeing what th ..
New Republic
3.1
The film is mostly beautiful to look at I could happily get lost in The Guardians library and the battle scenes are so visceral that pixels of blood s ..
National Post
2.0
Just another video game to film adaptation with a lot of potential and a lot of flaws.
Rendy Reviews
1.5
I spent most of the movie wondering what the opposite was of eye catching.Whatever it is, thats Warcraft.
New States Man
3.0
The advantage for everyone else who hasnt dedicated hours to the game is that it is its own story.
The New Paper
2.0
Duncan Jones puts in strange, fresh beats that, combined, do the impossible. They make this standard, shopworn, CG plated epic feel like its own monst ..
M Tv
3.8
The question is not whether Warcraft will appeal to its legions of fans, but whether it will appeal to the general populace as well.
Cinema Sight
3.0
That is not a criticism of the story itself, but more the script and the way it delivers it.
Fan The Fire Magazine
4.0
Its The Lord of the Rings on steroids. Shallow plot, but hey, its based on a game so how deep can it be Unlike some, I was able to overlook the flaws ..
Tri City Herald
2.0
If the dreadful run of gaming movies were just down to bad luck, it would have ended here.With Peter Jackson fresh out of Tolkien and the masses hooke ..
Daily Star
2.0
But if Warcraft wants to return for a sequel, itll need to up its game.
Toronto Sun
2.5
Quick entertainment with no personality that only works as a premise to a franchise.
1.9
Warcraft is a bloated, boring 123 minute mess of globby computer effects and soulless battles.
Sf Examiner
2.0
There are some enjoyable bits scattered throughout, but while that may be enough to please the legion of fans who invested hours upon hours into World ..
Blog Bullz Eye
3.0
That said, Foster has completely thought through what hes doing, and is persuasive in his wizardly depression.
Assignment X
2.0
Featuring every single epic fantasy trait under the sun, the film struggles to balance one too many ideas and never really stops for effect or any sig ..
Cairo 360
1.3
Warcraft will likely be remembered for its solid visuals but this cinematic adaptation never does enough to build a story to stand out.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.0
Double crossers are double crossed in turn; theres no room for trust (or if were honest coherent plot) in war ravaged Azeroth.
1.0
Give this film a miss, there are better ways and better films to invest your time in.
Film Ireland
1.5
The movie also suffers from inconsistent pacing and surprisingly sloppy production.
Dark Horizons
2.0
In fact, at its best, Warcraft is a passable and occasionally mildly entertaining fantasy film.
Toledo Blade
4.5
Also, both sides wonder if the magic involved in opening it isnt maybe a bit TOO evil.
Screen Anarchy
3.8
But overall Jones does a decent job at telling a tale and summoning the spectacle of a 21st century blockbuster.
Heral
3.0
My entire experience with World of Warcraft consists of knowing that it exists.But you shouldnt have to be familiar with the source material to enjoy ..
Review Journal
1.9
The film as a whole is a real mess. Not that it matters. The Chinese market is going to ensure that we are treated to Warcraft stories for years to co ..
Free Beacon
1.5
On a narrative level, theres too much exposition, making the two hour running time apparent. On a performance level, the cast is mediocre.
1.9
Stuck with mostly vacant characters, the cast is lost in a dense woods, and even the horses they ride look embarrassed.
MLive.com
2.5
An in one eye and out the other spectacle of elaborate and painstaking digital effects in a fantasy medieval milieu: Call it Video Game of Thrones.
Commercial Appeal
2.0
This could have been spectacular, a crazy D&D fever dream come to life. Its weird and ambitious, but though there are stunning technical achievements, ..
3.0
This franchise itself is like a portal to new adventures where the action is for ever open ended, and fresh personalities and intrigue lie in wait.
Iol Co Za
2.0
Fans of the game will be pleased, but its Game Over for everyone else.
4.5
draws sensitive performances ... amid vigorous action setpieces playing out on a massive canvas.
L.A. Biz
3.5
Warcraft is a welcome change from all the superheroes in spandex and capes that weve been inundated with since the beginning of the year.
Gulf News
2.0
The Warcraft video games apparently have a complex story, but the feature film keeps it all at a surface level .
Showbiz Junkies
3.0
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Stardem
3.3
Sadly, Warcraft isnt going to be the film that becomes the blueprint for video game movies moving forward, but it is at least a solid step towards tha ..
Alternative Lens
1.5
Warcraft, what is it good for.Absolutely nothing The odd thing about films based on videogames is the desire to choose the passive path when engaging ..
The Popcorn Junkie
2.5
The only drawback is that Warcraft is a mere beginning for a franchise, but it could branch out to more interesting stories.
Enfil Me
2.5
Warcraft offers great things visually, but there isnt much substance here otherwise.
Chesapeake Family
1.5
If any video game franchise could break the trend of the horrible video game adaptation films, it should be Warcraft.
Bangkok Post
1.5
Its a terrible shame too because there was such grand potential here to build an impressive cinematic world around the material, one that could have g ..
The Blus Pot
3.0
This will be the gross kind, where toxic goo spills everywhere and doesnt even turn anyone into a superhero.
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
4.5
Jones develops a film based on a videogame without visual confusion, with narrative logic and with great fights, very suitable for its release in IMAX ..
La Nación (Argentina)
3.0
All the cool special effects and world building mean nothing if the story doesnt work for this kind of movie.
rachelsreviews.net
0.0
Warcraft has achieved a lofty goal: There hasnt been a movie as unrelentingly bad since Jupiter Ascending managed to surpass the bloated and pitiful B ..
Fres Nobee
1.0
Warcraft: The Beginning no one could accuse this long awaited video game adaptation of false advertising milks their skull crushing charisma for all i ..
Daily Telegraph
2.0
The effects are good, at least; it is maybe the most beautiful magic light show ending to a fantasy movie yet.
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
1.0
Warcraft is an ensemble picture and it groans under its own weight almost immediately.
Bk Mag
1.5
A big letdown, especially with the previous work from this director.
1.5
But at least an Uwe Boll version would be an enjoyably awful spectacle of lowered expectations.
Fanboys of the Universe
1.5
Warcraft isnt decent.It isnt awful, either, though that would honestly be preferable the sort of distinctive kamikaze train wreck whose spirit you adm ..
Buzz Feed
1.9
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The Cinema Phile Blog
2.5
Warcraft is not the disaster many critics have announced, but it definitely is a wasted opportunity.
Cinencuentro
4.5
This could easily be the start of a successful and epic saga of films.
3.1
If the audience at the screening I attended is any barometer, there are just enough inside jokes to keep the faithful gamers happy, without sacrificin ..
Sandiego Union Tribune
2.0
Warcrafts story is chaotic. There are too many characters, a ton of exposition, and several developments that are probably more complicated than they ..
Movies With Mae
3.8
After thirteen years, the makers of Pixars Finding Nemo have given fans a sequel.
Ny 1
0.0
When you cant take the lead characters seriously, the movie is dead on arrival, especially as the story goes on and on and on without anything of subs ..
Dcw50
2.5
This is summer escapism at the cinema.Special effects are well done and I liked the large wolves.
Phantom Tollbooth
3.3
But even if youve never even heard of Warcraft, you might like the film.
Times Herald
1.5
The film is all too eager to keep itself dumb. It prevents itself from exploring the exciting repercussions of molding a universe that is opening itse ..
4.5
One of the few movies that are worth a watch in 3D: its visually breathtaking.
Pólvora
3.0
Above all, Warcraft is a lot of fun, giving a sense of the grandiose without falling for its own pretentiousness.
Dork Shelf
3.0
It has plenty of faults, but Warcraft: The Beginning largely achieves what it sets out to do.
Wow 247
4.5
The film has great rhythm and only stops on the best moments of the film: action sequences straight out of a videogame.
El Universal
1.5
A completely kitsch film that doesnt compare to other great fantasy films.
El Universal
4.0
Whatever were the changes from the game, I hope the fans realize they were worth it.
1.5
Its hard to tell one growling, sabre toothed orc apart from another.
Live Mint
3.7
The Warcraft movie brings the videogame to life with some flaws but also many good surprises.
Código espagueti
1.5
A work must stand on its own and, uprooted from its source; Warcraft can not stand up.
2.0
The Bud Light commercial level production design and an unfathomably dull lead actor do no favors to the nonsensical script.
Dare Daniel
3.0
Warcraft is not a total disaster and certainly looks a million bucks (or $160 million to be precise) but misses the mark as much as it hits it.
ABC Radio (Australia)
3.0
Heres hoping the next installment finds a better balance between overwhelming action and satisfying storytelling.
Cbc
3.1
And it culminates in an exhausting final stretch of battles and mayhem.
Buffalo
1.9
Warcraft trailer The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing ..
Miami Herald
2.0
It aims to reignite the same mythological sub genre of fantasy movies that was popular in the eighties, but possesses a self seriousness that ensures ..
4.5
Somewhere in here is a great movie, but decisions made by who knows who, the story trips and falls.
1.5
Great special effects cant save a boring film with a script that needed much more work.
Reforma
4.5
These missing minutes arent enough to ruin this enjoyable and daring adaptation, but they do dull its edge.
Spin Off Comic Book Resour ..
2.5
Troubled in production and destroyed with its editing, if they wanted to make this they shouldve just called Uwe Boll.
4.5
Bring someone that doesnt know about WoW and Azeroth, they will still love the movie.
Reddit
2.0
The game is the game. Warcraft: The Beginning, on the other hand, is barely a movie.
4.0
He doesnt make us feel stupid for loving them, yet never pretends that these over the top imaginings are more than they are.
City Press (South Africa)
1.5
Indeed, theres some terrific ideas seething beneath the surface here.
Cinema Stache
1.5
The epic battle at the center of Warcraft isnt the clash between humans and orcs.
GameSpot
1.0
Plenty of big summer movies have ridden this done to death formula to box office riches, so you can understand why filmmakers keep milking it.
Popular Mechanics
4.0
It is immensely fun to watch if you suspend your disbelief at the door and open yourself up to a completely new mythos and adventure.
Nerdophiles
1.0
We didnt expect to be amazed, but at least entertained. We werent.
LaButaca.net
4.5
Warcraft predicts our future. The Orcs have the fel. We have the LHC. See it once, then you will see it again.
1.5
But no matter how many references to WoW the movie includes, it doesnt make it interesting to watch.
Digital Trends
1.5
For anyone unfamiliar with the fantasy games characters and story lines, Warcraft is little more than eye candy, a visual spectacle with a backbone of ..
The Jakarta Post
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