Le Dernier des Templiers

Un navet légèrement moins décevant que prévu par le « réalisateur historique de la série B 60 secondes Chrono, avec Nicolas Cage chassant des sorcières numériques » (est-ce que cela pourrait être pire ?). En réalité, il s'agit d'un film de qualité A, relativement divertissant, bien interprété, avec un soupçon de mystère et une conclusion inattendue. De plus, dans la scène d'épilogue, l'extérieur du glacier de Dachstein est en toile de fond. Bien meilleur que Van Helsing et les précédentes créations du réalisateur. Et si on devait diviser strictement les films de Cage entre bons et mauvais, en me bouchant les oreilles, je le classerais parmi les bons. (20/01/2011)

Nicolas Cage, please keep making movies like this! You’re already a star in my book, even if some folks don’t rate your recent work as highly as it deserves. Whether you’re playing a sorcerer, a psychopath, a cop, or a crusader with a cross on your sword, you nail it every time. I love that you keep picking roles like this—no one else has the guts! Sure, Season of the Witch doesn’t show off much actual medieval atmosphere and leans more into fantasy territory, but it’s still something I’ve been wanting to see for a while. The whole witch hunt concept was a blast, and the back-and-forth about the church was pretty sharp. You guys really pulled off something fun, and props to you for that. Even teaming up with Ron Perlman (with a face like a barn door) looked great. Honestly, it wasn’t a bad attempt at all! (10/04/2011)

A lobotomy at which the more hardened may laugh, but I refuse to wallow in "guilty-pleasure" intoxication because it offended me from the first digital battle to the end that comes from the gaming industry. I don't mind Nick Cage’s medieval knight, as he’s backed up by the badass Perlman and Thomsen, but I was annoyed by Sena's attempt to be cool at any cost. It's obvious that he blew his modest budget at the beginning, so there’s mostly blabber going on, then it's digital wolves, and you want to turn back time and let the bridge fall a few seconds earlier. This is the first film this year that made me feel ashamed. (17/03/2011)

I almost felt bad at having fun at the expense of a cripple and that I would have bad karma. Season of the Witch is an utterly dysfunctional film; nonsense on top of nonsense, but what else can we expect from historical fantasy, director Dominic Sena and Nic Cage, who in the last years has made one crap after another (with a couple of exceptions)? This digital wannabe darkness didn’t work on me at all. (13/03/2011)

If I overlook the really poorly done battle at the beginning, I'm willing to call this movie mediocre. I'm happy with the mystery and overall atmosphere. Except that the script was a bit off. I was bored for a while. Then I couldn't stop gaping at what a person is capable of coming up with when they can't think of what’s next. The ending couldn't be taken too seriously after that performance. I feel like the creators overestimated themselves. A weaker 3 stars. (09/09/2011)