NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 13: Actor Vin Diesel attends the “The Last Witch Hunter” New York premiere … More
A Vin Diesel action fantasy movie from 10 years ago is finding a new audience on Netflix.
Diesel, of course, is known for the Fast & Furious movie saga, which evolved from muscle car-themed movies to include big machines of all shapes and sizes.
However, in 2015, Diesel went the fantasy film route The Last Witch Hunter. The logline from Netflix for the film reads, “When a powerful coven aims to unleash a deadly plague on New York, an immortal witch hunter, a priest and a young witch must thwart the lethal plan.”
Diesel stars as the immortal witch hunter Kaulder in The Last Witch Hunter. Directed by Breck Eisner, the film also stars Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood and Michael Caine.
The Last Witch Hunter arrived on Netflix on June 16 and according to streamer, the film debuted on the streamer’s chart of the Top 10 U.S. Movies for the week of June 16-22.
The film arrived on the chart at No. 4, ahead of the streamer’s new original documentary Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem at No. 5. The Last Witch Hunter debuted behind 2023’s Plane, the Netflix Original documentary Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy and the Netflix Original movie Straw, which placed No. 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Unlike Netflix’s Top 10 Global Movies chart, the streamer’s U.S. Movies chart does not disclose viewership numbers.
How Did Audiences And Critics Receive ‘The Last Witch Hunter’?
The Last Witch Hunter was released in 3,082 North American theaters on Oct. 23, 2015, by Lionsgate.
The film went on to earn nearly $27.4 million domestically and $130.4 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $130.8 million against an $80 million production budget before prints and advertising, according to The Numbers.
The Last Witch Hunter was a critical disaster, however, earning a lowly 18% “rotten” rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 138 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the movie reads, “Grim, plodding, and an overall ill fit for Vin Diesel’s particular charms, The Last Witch Hunter will bore and/or confuse all but the least demanding action-fantasy fans.”
RT users weren’t nearly as harsh on The Last Witch Hunter, but it still received a 44% “rotten” score on the site’s Popcornmeter based on 25,000-plus verified user ratings.
Rated PG-13, Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter is new on Netflix.