Despite the sincerity, the film suffers from the lack of a solid screenplay, which is silly in parts with a persistent stale feel to it. You wish the writers had invested half as much in the writing as they did in creating good CG visuals. How can you save a story that lacks soul? This dreadfully boring film ends with the hope of a sequel. It’s time to introduce the makers to John Lennon. ‘Make love, not war…’

Without the franchise backstory, €Warcraft€ is a big-budget fantasy-action film with lots of large-scale, epic fight scenes between Mr. Olympia-sized aliens and regular humans. When an orc throws a horse at one point, its almost more painful than when a character dies, since the moviegoers connection with the characters is so superficial.As escapist summer fare, €Warcraft€ works because the action is ample and the orcs look cool, with pierced tusks and spiked armor evoking a €Mad Max€ aesthetic, even if it isnt always easy to tell them apart.