Season of the Witch

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Season of the Witch

PG-13

2011

1h 35m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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His faith broken by many years fighting in the Crusades, a knight named Behman (Nicolas Cage) returns to Europe and finds it ravaged by the Black Plague. A dying cardinal orders Behman and his friend, Felson (Ron Perlman), to take an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will destroy her powers and end the pestilence. As Behman and five comrades undertake the dangerous journey, they come to realize that the prisoner is no ordinary girl, and evil forces await at the destination.

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Slow, cheap-looking, and dull, Season of the Witch fails even as unintentional comedy.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

After a while, the movie tires of the witch business and trots out a plot twist that permits the effects department to spend money.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Leah Rozen

TheWrap

Another forgettable trifle from Cage.

Oct 7, 2011

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Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Director Dominic Sena sets a quick pace; the dull moments are brightened by the unexpectedly likable team of Cage and Perlman.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 4, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It’s an insulting piece of genre fluff that feels conceived by Dungeons and Dragons aficionados and executed with the sophistication of a hack-and-slash video game.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 3, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Doesn't aim very high, which at least allows it to accomplish what it sets out to do.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 30, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The best thing that can be said about Season of the Witch is that this season ends in 98 minutes and I never have to live through it again.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 22, 2020

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Oaklee D

Your typical late 2000s early 2010s fantasy horror flick with all of the poorly aged cgi to boot.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Renee P

A great ride. Great suspense. Great ending. Moral gray areas. Don't believe the hate.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Tim M

Almost excellent. Doesn't reach the heights of Drive Angry. Well worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/25

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Cork B

Perfectly serviceable sword and sorcerer's tale. They even mixed up the ending from the formula. A bunch of stuff doesn't make a lot of sense in terms of motivations, but I don't think it is supposed to be rocket science. Not Cage's best flick, but by no means his worst either.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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Lucion V

I truly have to wonder how a movie such as this with Ron Perlman and Nicholas Cage could fail so poorly. These rolls look as though they were tailor-made specifically for these two actors but somehow the story itself was flat some have called it slow paced but my God snails move faster.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Brian G

everything was great up until the story revealed itself. Then it became hokum. great actors, director, realism, until it became pure fantasy and plunged south with a much too fanciful and poorly thought out idea.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Synopsis

His faith broken by many years fighting in the Crusades, a knight named Behman (Nicolas Cage) returns to Europe and finds it ravaged by the Black Plague. A dying cardinal orders Behman and his friend, Felson (Ron Perlman), to take an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will destroy her powers and end the pestilence. As Behman and five comrades undertake the dangerous journey, they come to realize that the prisoner is no ordinary girl, and evil forces await at the destination.

Director: Dominic Sena
Producer: Charles Roven, Alex Gartner
Screenwriter: Bragi F. Schut
Distributor: Relativity Media
Production Co: Atlas Entertainment, Relativity
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Disturbing Content|Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 7, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 23, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $24.8M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby, SDDS

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