THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING Film Review - 28/10/07

Okay - so this is a fantasy film; but there are a couple of obvious gaping holes in the plot to this tired and pasty movie that felt like the last dried-up scone in the bakery with it's DARK versus LIGHT (Yawn?) storyline. Americanized in an English setting the tale of the seventh son of a seventh son drags on for about 7o minutes and my arse was numb after sitting through it. You can't blame the actors - It's the cliche ridden writing that is too blame! Christopher Eccleston and Ian McShane acquit themselves well and James Cosmo puts in a great performance. With it's motif of Fire & Ice against time-travel and magic this dull tale will appeal to most 13 year olds but maybe I'm just jaded - Having seen the likes of "Jason & the Argonauts" and "Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger" which I thought then were 'real' fantasy films?