Orcs. They’re just like us. They live. They love. They joke. They war. So much war. With other orcs. With humans. With some… magical humans.
There is every chance that I missed some vital exposition early on in Warcraft – or maybe there simply wasn’t any. In any case I was having difficulty differentiating between the Good, the Bad and the On The Fence parties until near the very end. In other news I am suddenly the old guy who thinks all Pokemon look alike and besides, they don’t make sense anyway…
There are varied weapons, different creatures and beasts, and so many lustrous CGI generated beards.
The plot (as I gathered) is that former rivals and enemies must band together to thwart a common foe who would destroy their land. This culminates in a large scale battle – many dead – which left me empty.
Game of Thrones took five full seasons to lose me, and it was my fault that I didn’t follow as closely as I should have. Warcraft took thirty minutes and I’m not taking the blame on this one.
Final Rating – 5.5 / 10. This film lies equidistant between Lord of the Rings and Uwe Boll. This might make it a long way from atrocious, but also a long way from being worthwhile.