The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer team up to bring this film inspired by poem of the same name (and a section in Fantasia (1940)) which stars Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel. Only a physics student can take on the power of magic and become Merlin's true heir to defeat the bad guys.
There is not much in the way of originality in the plot of this film nor is there any content of real interest. Some of the special effects are decent enough but given that $150mil was spent on making this film you really would expect a little more bang for your buck. It is also really disappointing that two really good actresses like Monica Bellucci and Alice Krige are cast in the film but barely have any screen time. In the end this is not really a bad film as it is fairly well made but that is about the best you can say about it, there was some real promising premise here but it was just shoe horned into the same plot you have seen before.
3/5 unoriginal and uninspired, a Hollywood by the numbers film by the numbers.
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