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Warcraft: The Beginning (PG)

Warcraft: The Beginning (PG)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

More information on this production is available at www.warcraft-movie.co.uk.

The critical consensus

After two brilliant films (Moon, Source Code), it feels as though the fanboy within Duncan Jones got carried away with Azeroth's minute mythology, leading to a film filled with tonnes of references to the wider world but no real soul of its own.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 26/05/2016

The ambition is laudible, but it's to little end. At once empty and impenetrable, this brings to mind a mix of John Carter and Dungeons And Dragons, regrettably in both themes and level of enjoyment.

**(*)(*)(*)Olly Richards, Empire Online, 26/05/2016

After years in development, the problems of staging Warcraft become clear. Epic world-building aside, Jones’s ambitious but cumbersome game-play needs more wonder, wit and thrills.

***(*)(*)Kevin Harley, Total Film, 26/05/2016

The popular video game series makes it to the big screen with mixed results.

***(*)(*)Kevin Harley, The List, 30/05/2016

The ambition is laudable, but it's to little end. At once empty and impenetrable, this brings to mind a mix of John Carter and Dungeons & Dragons, regrettably in both themes and level of enjoyment.

**(*)(*)(*)Olly Richards, Empire Online, 28/05/2016

Game of Thrones this ain't.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 04/06/2016

Duncan Jones disappoints with fake mythology and a bludgeoning score.

**(*)(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 05/06/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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