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In the present day, Kaulder's an agent of Axe and Cross, an organization making sure that the witches will never pose the same threat the Queen did.

While witch hunter Kaulder (Diesel) defeated her and stopped her from spreading her plague across humanity, before her death the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forcing him to never find peace from the death of his wife and child. Eight hundred years ago, one of them, the Witch Queen, decided to end this coexistence and exterminate mankind via a deadly disease - the Black Death. Unknowingly, mankind shares Earth with witches, descendants of an ancient race gifted with powerful magic. It stars Vin Diesel as the main character, accompanied by Rose Leslie, Michael Caine, and Elijah Wood as his sidekicks. Seemingly at every juncture, the finality so necessary to up the stakes of this story is quickly snatched away in order to tease a sequel or two, leaving you wondering what the point of this supernatural exercise was in the first place.The Last Witch Hunter is a 2015 fantasy action film. The most significant blow to Eisner's film is the constant reminder that it could be continued. Further, Diesel's stolid performance is balanced through the supporting star power of Caine – even with criminally limited scenes – and Rose Leslie's "dream walker," whose earnestness makes even the world of a macho witch hunter seem entirely plausible. But The Last Witch Hunter is redeemed through complex visual-effects work that aptly illuminates Goodman's netherworld. If all of this sounds, well, bananas, that's because it is. When Caine's Dolan dies on the eve of his retirement, Kaulder investigates the death with the mousy Dolan 37 (Elijah Wood), only to find that long-banished dark magic is at play. And who is there to protect him but Michael Caine's priestly Dolan, the 36th "handler and confessor" to Kaulder, who is essentially Alfred to his supernatural Batman ("We've taken down some nasty covens," Diesel growls). Annoying.Ĭenturies later, the globe-trotting Kaulder is flying "Abu Dhabi Air" to present-day New York, where he resides and keeps the peace, ensuring that Earth's surviving witches don't harm humans. As Kaulder plunges a fiery sword into her shrinking body, she curses him with immortality. The target here is the witch queen who, with a reasonable helping of visual effects looks downright menacing but still human, making the standoff – and overarching conflict – somewhat relatable. The film does little to set up the Middle Ages of Kaulder's youth, instead jumping straight into the warrior's pursuit of some unfortunate-looking creatures with his witch-slaying squad in tow. Let this morsel of context be your guide in understanding why Diesel, despite his familiar wooden delivery, is a good fit for this supernatural world that – remarkably – isn't based on a comic book. The script comes from Priest screenwriter Cory Goodman, who penned The Last Witch Hunter with Diesel in mind due to the pair's affinity for the game Dungeons & Dragons, and a witch hunter character used by the actor. Directed by Breck Eisner, this fantasy action film spends so much time setting itself up as a potential franchise, it's incredible that Diesel's Kaulder finds any time to change formidable-looking peacoats, let alone save mankind from a witch queen's 800-year-old grudge. More specifically, The Last Witch Hunter – though Vin Diesel's V-necked, immortal hero likely isn't going anywhere any time soon. This fall, never mind the spectres of James Bond: It's the season of the witch hunter.