WARLOCK & WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON (DVD Review) - 7/1/07

Bit of a double-bill here with "Warlock" (1989) and "Warlock: The Armageddon" (1993). Unfortunately the Region 2 Version of Warlock has now been deleted and is only available on Region 1 (USA) DVD which only has the revamped cover not the original excellent poster design. The second film sequel is Warlock: Armageddon and available on both Regions. Also both crappy Vanilla discs and neither has a particularly good film transfer and the sound is a measly 2.0. Dolby Stereo Surround. Still there is a lot to enjoy; we get an evil warlock (Julian Sands) fleeing from the 16th to the 20th Century, with a witch-hunter (Richard E. Grant) in hot pursuit with the first film "Warlock". This is ably directed by Steve Miner (Of "Friday The 13th" 2 & 3 fame) and written by excellent writer David Twohy (Who went on to direct & write "Pitch Black" & "The Chronicles Of Riddick").

"The Dangers Of Botox!"

"Pull my finger"

Obviously having made money on the first Warlock film a sequel appeared in 1993 again with Julian Sands in the lead. This time directed by Anthony Hickox (Who had made "Hellraiser 3" the year before in 1992) and with an SFX maestro in the well renowned Bob Keen we get even more action, blood & gore and the story fairly rattles along. This time around the warlock is searching for ancient stones and battling druid warriors. Sadly a third film was made in the series with Bruce Payne replacing Julian Sands - But the less said about that the better. If you fancy a dodgy slice of pure hokum as a guilty pleasure then you would probably enjoy these tastes of the past!