This is more or less to say that Diesel shows little range in his performance, but his jackets are nice. This isn't to say the film has no redeeming qualities as some of the character design (mainly that of the Witch Queen) is pretty interesting and the costume design is sleek even if the palette director Breck Eisner is painting on is a grainy one. Instead, Summit has decided to release the film around Halloween in seeming hopes that it may connect on a festive level, but folks who flock to Diesel's follow-up to the biggest entry in his ‘Fast’ franchise won't find the actor giving us the knowingly cheesy tone of that over-the-top action spectacle or even any solid action as everything about “The Last Witch Hunter” is messy and incoherent. With that charisma he has chosen to portray an 800-year old witch hunter that operates within a film that feels all too familiar and all too like it should be released in the doldrums of January when the weather outside matches the dark, wet and dreary aesthetic of the film.
What that says about the actual state of Diesel's career outside of the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise is up for debate, but what is undeniable is the guy at least has some modicum of charisma even if it only extends so far.
“The Last Witch Hunter” is one of those movies that, were Vin Diesel not coming off a more prominent period in his career, would star Nicolas Cage in the titular role.
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