The “Warcraft” series is an absolute milestone in video game history, at least thanks to the evergreen MMORG “World Of Warcraft”, which has been running since 2004. So it’s no wonder Hollywood was quick to try to transfer the huge success of “Warcraft” to the big screen. “Warcraft: the beginning‘ can unfortunately only be counted as a partial success. On the one hand, the $160 million video game adaptation only grossed $439 million at the worldwide box office – too little to make the sequels already mentioned in the title worth it.
On the other hand, “Warcraft: The Beginning” itself is not a masterpiece. If you like watching fantasy movies where magicians and fantastic creatures jump around and humans and orcs (or orcs, as the green-skinned creatures in “Warcraft” are called) punch each other on the nose, on June 1, 2023, “Warcraft: The Beginning” will be shown on Vox at 8:15 p.m.
If you’re already busy tonight, or you’re reading this article too late, or you just prefer to watch your movies without commercial breaks and in the original version, you can also stream Warcraft: The Beginning. Like Netflix as well as Amazon Prime Video are currently subscribing to the movie – with Prime Video even in 4K and HDR:
The FILMSTARTS editors gave “Warcraft” only 3 stars out of 5, which is mainly due to the film’s weaknesses in content and story. The exciting conflicts and disputes within the ranks of the orcs, the myriad fascinating characters and locations of Gamora (Paula Patton), who stands between the factions of humans and orcs: Time constraints allow director Duncan Jones to touch on all this without really getting out. to come. And the planned sequels will never come.
If you can overlook such issues, you get powerful fantasy action with “Warcraft: The Beginning”., in which Jones and Co. repeatedly focusing on the size differences between the humans and the gigantic, muscular orcs and creating impressive battle scenes. And the use of magic is also a showpiece of the film:
“Instead of unleashing a superficial storm of effects, Jones organically integrates the magical abilities into his fantasy landscapes, but also into the plot,” writes FILMSTARTS editor Björn Becher in his review. Are Conclusion: “Fast and visually stunning start to a new fantasy franchise with room for improvement for the sequels…”
“Warcraft: The Beginning” is set in the fantasy realm of Azeroth, which is one day overrun by hordes of orcs. The greenskins are actually just looking for a new home, but they leave a trail of destruction behind. Warrior Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) fights the invaders on behalf of King Llane (Dominic Cooper)…