Warcraft: The Beginning

Original title: Warcraft

2016
12A
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell in Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

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As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.

Director
- Duncan Jones
Writers
- Charles Leavitt
- Duncan Jones
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

288K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,162

Director
- Duncan Jones
Writers
- Charles Leavitt
- Duncan Jones
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
Director Uwe Boll contacted Blizzard about directing the film, but Blizzard refused. As quoted by MTV news Uwe Boll stated: "I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, 'We will not sell the movie rights, not to you... especially not to you. Because it's such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it."

Goofs
Shortly before facing off with Blackhand, two spotlights can be seen in Anduins eyes while he is shown in close-up.

Quotes
[from trailer]
Durotan: I've led thousands of warriors into battle, but I fear being a father. Does that make me a leader, or a coward?

Crazy credits
The Blizzard Entertainment logo is made of ice, and features items/characters encased within: the runeblade Frostmourne from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), Sarah Kerrigan from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), Arthas Menethil from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) and Tracer from Overwatch (2016).

Alternate versions
According to director Duncan Jones, his directors cut runs 40 minutes longer.

Connections
Featured in The Star Wars Show: Duncan Jones, Best of Star Wars Day and Celebration News (2016)

Soundtracks
Stormwind
Written by Jason Hayes

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First of all let me say that I never played Warcraft but I played other blizzard Games like Starcraft, Diablo and Overwatch. I enjoyed a lot this movie and want more, much more. I have to say that the movie is actually very good (not great, but very good). The CGI is awesome, they should as example to the next Hulk. The movie could be better? Yes, but honestly, this is probably the best adaptation of a video game. I had no problem to follow the story, the plot is simple (could be better). The names are very complicated to remember (lol). The orcs are the core of the movie, they are much more interesting them the humans in my opinion. I believe the director was so focused in have the CGI right that maybe he forgot the human actors. I don't understand why the "professional" critics were so harsh with this movie.