The orcs raid several settlements throughout Azeroth. Sir
Anduin Lothar, the military commander of the kingdom of Stormwind, looks over
some of the men that were killed, and catches a trespassing mage named Khadgar,
who explains that he was investigating the dead bodies because they contain
traces of the fel. Khadgar persuades Stormwind's king, Llane Wrynn, to consult
Medivh, the fabled Guardian of Tirisfal, and Llane sends Lothar and Khadgar to
Medivh's citadel Karazhan to inform him of the fel's presence in Azeroth. In
the Karazhan library, a ghostly shadow leads Khadgar to a mysterious book,
which he takes.
Lothar, Khadgar and Medivh join a scouting team following
traces of fel magic, but are ambushed by orcs. Medivh uses a spell to kill most
of the orcs, and Durotan, Orgrim, and the Horde's warchief Blackhand flee.
Khadgar restrains the half-orc Garona, and the soldiers take her prisoner. King
Llane frees Garona in exchange for loyalty to Stormwind, and she leads the
humans to spy on the orc camp, where they learn of Gul'dan's plan to bring the
entire Horde to Azeroth. Meanwhile, Durotan realizes that the fel magic drained
the life from Draenor, and if Gul'dan is not stopped Azeroth will suffer the
same fate. Despite Orgrim's objections, Durotan invites Llane to a secret
meeting so that the Frostwolf Clan and humans can unite to kill Gul'dan.
Studying the book he took from Karazhan, Khadgar learns that Gul'dan could not
have opened the portal on his own; he had help from someone in Azeroth. He is
confronted by Medivh that he should not be so arrogant as to think Medivh needs
his help, and effortlessly burns Khadgar's notes with a spell. Khadgar later
discusses the truth about the portal with Lothar, as well as Medivh's actions
against him.
The above taken from Wikipedia.
I do not play computer games but I do know Warcraft as hubby does play the game. So I was sceptical a little when I saw that a movie has been made but after I have watched the trailer, I was in awe!
Filled laden with CGIs, it may not be as real sometimes but it was good enough to complete the movie as a whole. A lot of effort and creative juices have been pumped into this movie. You can definitely see their blood, sweat and tears... so not sure why the many negative reviews... it's just a fantasy movie.
The plot may be based on the game and not as original but at some points, I was even anticipating it! Kinda predictable but still entertaining nonetheless. For example, when the King agreed to the secret meeting with Durotan, somehow I felt that they will be ambushed. Also when the King died... somehow I knew it would have ended that way. However, the way Blackhand died was too superficial...
After watching the movie, there were questions in my mind...
Garona is Medivh's daughter?
So Medivh had the fel magic when he was with Garona's mother?
So Garona is the ONE? Hence she's been destined to unite and bring peace to both worlds in Azeroth and perhaps linked up with Lothar?
Also, who has found Go'el which prompted me to look forward to the next movie!
Overall, it's an entertaining movie which kept me on tithers. Also, it somehow reminded me of King Arthur and Merlin LOL! I am truly surprised seeing Daniel Wu's name in the casts... can you guess which character did he played?
IMDb rating: 7.6/10
My rating: 4/5
Director: Duncan Jones
Casts: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Daniel Wu
Category: PG13 - A 2016 American fantasy film, action
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