Humans vs Orcs

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2016)

I saw "Warcraft", starring Travis Fimmel-Vikings_tv, The Experiment; Paula Patton-Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol, Deja Vu; Dominic Cooper- Howard Stark in the Marvel movies & TV shows, From Hell; Ben Foster-The Mechanic_2011, The Punisher_2004 and Daniel Wu-Into the Badlands_tv, The Man With the Iron Fists.
This movie is based on a video game and as I have mentioned on numerous occasions before, I do not play video games. I have nothing against them, I just never had the spare time to play them, what with other interests taking up my time-which I'm sure some people would think were just as absurd time wasters as anything else that people occupy their time with, but I digress........ I CAN tell you about the movie, though. There are humans living in a kingdom called Azeroth and they are ruled by Dominic/King Wrynn. There are other types of species surrounding them, including elves and human-looking sparkly eyed creatures. Travis/Lothar is Dominic's brother-in-law and also toughest knight-in his spare time, he flies around on a bird/horse type of animal that also can handle himself in a fight. Then there are the Orcs. They are bigger than their human counterparts-and they have tusks-and they come from another planet-which is dying, by the way-through a magic portal created by Daniel/Gul'Dan to colonize our planet as their new home. Daniel uses the life force of other Orcs or humans as fuel for his magic. Ben/Medivh is Dominic's sorcerer that comes from a group of sorcerers that try to maintain order. Paula/Garona is a half Orc half human hybrid-I don't think they ever mention her back story, of how she became a half breed but I'm sure fans of the video game will know it. The motion capture characters and all the other CGI effects look really good and the battles are pretty fantastic. Wait until you see an Orc pick up a horse and throw it, knocking down opponents like bowling pins! The movie ends as if there will be more sequels, depending on box office, of course. It's rated "PG-13" for intense violence and has a running time of 2 hours & 3 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.