Is it just me or is Nicholas Cage in every movie nowadays? He's like Kevin Bacon, everywhere you look, there he is. Fortunately for me, I like most of his work. If you can forget Kick@$$, The Wicker Man, and Knowing that is...
Season stars Nicholas Cage (National Treasure), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Claire Foy (BBC's Little Dorrit), Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys), Stephen Graham (Gangs of New York), Ulrich Thompsen (Hitman), and Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings).
Cage and Perlman play two friends, Behmen and Felson, battling through the crusades. Something that they see will challenge their reason for being on the crusade, and the two leave their post. In those days, abandoning your post was like signing your own death warrants, going AWOL was punishable by death. The two go into a nearby town, where a plague has been killing people. They discover that the plague is due to a young girl who is supposedly a witch.
Someone in town recognizes the men and soon they are forced to meet with a magistrate who tasks them with the job of taking this supposed witch with them to see a priest who holds a sacred book that will kill the witch a stop the plague. All other copies of this holy book have been destroyed. The magistrate sets them up with a band of men and off they go. The story doesn't have much in the way of plot. It's extremely campy and a whole heck of a lot of fun. Cage and Perlman act so serious, but you can see they are trying not to grin. This film is intentionally cheesy.
You will love this film if you like campy horror films or are a Nicholas Cage fan. If you are expecting an Oscar nominated movie, steer clear. For those concerned, there are a few gross out moments. It's PG13 for Violence and Disturbing Images. This was a rioutous good time while being one of the dumbest films I've seen in a while. 2 1/2 out of 4 bricks for Season of the Witch.
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