One of the most fun fantasy films I've seen in quite some time.

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2016)

I'd like to first say that I've only been slightly familiar with the setting, as in I've only seen what ''Warcraft'' is about, i.e, sorcery, massive orcs, dragons, hell you name it, the highest of high fantasy. Never actually been a part of it as a franchise, but was indeed interested in it due to the ''lull'' in this type of genre recently.
And boy, was it surprising to me how much I enjoyed this film, from the incredible visual spectacle that it delivers on, to the tones of family and loyalty, it truly was a 2 hour and 4 minute ride that I would gladly be part of again. The film's tone is completely off the hook in terms of realism, if you are going into this film looking for grounded fantasy in the vein of Game of Thrones, you are going to be disappointed, this is a world in which magic is the centerpiece and the world colliding conflict is brought upon by an alien race of Orcs. If you are looking to get immersed in this over the top and unapologetic world, with a few solid and sometimes tragic characters you will have a good time.
Some of the cons that the film had from my point of view, fall mainly in the hands of a pacing, due to the grand number of characters is introducing, though not entirely surprising, but unfortunate, the film could use at least another 20 minutes at the start to slowly introduce some of the secondary characters, specially those associated with Orc lead Durotan and Human lead Lothar, which by the end of the film the conflict in which they have both taken part of will leave you asking for more. And I truly think this film deserves a more. With the time it had, it did manage to scratch my interest in high fantasy, something that not even ''The Hobbit'' films could.