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Seventh Son

Name: Seventh Son
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 2014-12-12
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 5.528

★ 5,5 /10 (2,691 Votes)

2014 EN 102 min

Overview

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

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Release date

12/12/2014

Votes

2,691

Popularity

9.6

When darkness falls, the son will rise.

Genres

Adventure Fantasy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

Budget

$95,000,000

Revenue

$114,178,613

Jeff Bridges

Master John Gregory

Julianne Moore

Mother Malkin

Ben Barnes

Tom Ward

Alicia Vikander

Alice Deane

John DeSantis

Tusk - Zanna

Kit Harington

William "Billy" Bradley

Djimon Hounsou

Radu

Olivia Williams

Mam Ward

Antje Traue

Bony Lizzie

Jason Scott Lee

Urag

David Cubitt

Rogue Knight

Eric Keenleyside

Old Guard

Thai-Hoa Le

Fisherman

Carmel Amit

Member of Mob

Gerard Plunkett

Prelate

Jim Shield

Leader Soldier

Timothy Webber

Malcom Ward

Julian Black Antelope

Tomb Robber (uncredited)

Luc Roderique

Strix

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Sean Carey

Soldier (uncredited)

Fraser Aitcheson

Grave Robber (uncredited)

Zahf Paroo

Virahadra

Loyd Catlett

Grave-robber (uncredited)

Primo Allon

Simon Ward

Lilah Fitzgerald

Cate Ward

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Taya Clyne

Little Girl

Faustino Di Bauda

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Billy Wickman

Young Guard

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Marcel Bridges

Jack Ward

Yaroslav Poverlo

Head Counselor

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Isabelle Landry

Priest's Wife

Jason Asuncion

Mongolian (uncredited)

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Joanne Bentley

Noblewoman (uncredited)

Brenda McDonald

Timeless Hag (uncredited)

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John Andrew Vaas

Cavalier (uncredited)

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Thomas DuPont

Young Gregory

Candice May Langlois

Mother with Infant

Simon Burnett

Boldmere

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Fabin Woodcock

Mob Member

Bill Croft

Fatman

Ryan Robbins

Barkeep

John Novak

Priest

Libby Osler

Ellie Ward

Kandyse McClure

Sarikin

Original Soundtrack

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This is a good, solid fantasy adventure. It is not a “wow great” kind of movie but definitely enjoyable to watch, at least if you are a fan of fantasy, magic, dragons and such like. The movie is based on a book which I have not read although I believe it is considered as a young adult book. The movie seems to reflect this in that it has a fairly simple, straightforward, adventure plot. This is a movie made to entertain with magic, adventure, a bit of humor and visual effects. Nothing more and nothing less. In my opinion it does so fairly well. I do like Jeff Bridges in his role as a rather w…

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