The Sorcerer's Apprentice: DVD Review
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Released by Disney
Rating: PG
In the latest from Disney, Nicolas Cage stars as Balthazar
Blake, a sorcerer who's fought his arch nemesis, Maxim Horvath
(Alfred Molina complete with requisite English bad guy accent and
goatee beard) throughout time - and since the time of Arthur and
Merlin.
But Blake needs to find the Prime Merlinian, a sorcerer who has so
much power that they can wield the power of Merlin and help
vanquish Horvath.
Enter Jay Baruchel's Dave, a nerdy physics major who ten years ago
met Blake, was told of his destiny and then watched Blake disappear
into thin air.
However, when Blake reappears, Dave finds he is slap bang in the
middle of Maxim's plans to use an ancient power to raise an army of
the dead and take over the world&can Dave help Blake save the
day?
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a fresh, fun take on the world of sorcery and magic; it's fantastical family fun complete with its everyman central character played with humour and likeability by Jay Baruchel.
With some eye popping special effects (some of which hark back to the Mummy) and a script which is smart enough to throw cinematic nods to the older end of the audience (Star Wars and Indy are just two of them), the team behind this know how to keep all sections of the audience engaged.
Extras: A whole heap of behind the scenes stuff, deleted scenes and outtakes make this a reasonable, good looking package on Blu Ray.
Rating: 7/10
