Do not trust the score

Rating: 5/10 (29 July 2016)

The Good: Warcraft certainly has its fair share of good sides. The movie looks really good and has a solid plot with some comedy thrown in for good measure. Many scenes, if taken separately, are very enjoyable to watch, and going by the reactions of people who know the parent franchise better than me there are more than enough nods in their direction to make this movie worth their time.
The Bad: Unfortunately, if you are not among those who know the world of Warcraft by heart, you can not help but feel quite left behind by the lackluster storytelling. While the general structure of the plot seems to work well enough for its purpose the movie does little to actually build something compelling with it. The action jumps all over the place and gives you little reason to care about any of its protagonists or antagonists. They are just... there, doing a good job sometimes, mind you, but in the end I felt like I had just watched one of those cutscene collections on YouTube, disconnected from any character development that would have been part of the gameplay between the scenes.
The Ugly: I have to give this movie a 5 out of 10 even though a 6 might actually be the more accurate choice. The reason for this are the spades of people who are apparently big fans of the franchise and gave it a 10 out of 10 which it in no way warrants or deserves. It is still enjoyable if you focus on single scenes, but as a complete movie it fails in several regards.