SEVENTH SON (2014)

Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a Spook - a hunter of supernatural evil who decades ago imprisoned the queen of the witches, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), in a dark pit.  When Malkin escapes, her powers at their peak during a blood moon, she kills Gregory's apprentice (a wasted Kit Harington), threatening the entire world with darkness, and its up to Master Gregory to find his best possible weapon - the all-powerful seventh son of a seventh son - to finish her off at last.  Enter Tom (Ben Barnes), a farmer from an impoverished family who is taken under Gregory's impatient wing, even as he finds himself falling for the beautiful Alice (Alicia Vikander) - who happens to be Mother Malkin's niece.  Seventh Son is "okay" in terms of story and execution, but suffers from not spending enough time developing its characters (Alice, to me, was just annoying), as well as a performance from Bridges that's virtually a duplicate of his character in The Giver.  Some nice moments, but a disappointment overall. (rated PG-13)  C+