Film Review – Seventh Son

“Seventh Son” endured some difficulties as it made its way to the masses, missing a few release dates and changing studios. Finally seeing the light of day, the picture arrives late to the party, unleashing a torrent of visual effects and fantasy touches as it attempts to play the kid-lit lottery, adapting a 2004 book by Joseph Delaney. While never boring, “Seventh Son” is shellacked with excess, emerging as a particularly noisy extravaganza, not an imaginative one. Co-stars Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges are amusing to watch, but the movie doesn’t offer excitement, finding ways to make swooping dragons, magical creatures, and heroic destinies quite dull. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com