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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Film Cast:

• Anduin Lothar: Travis Fimmel
• Garona Halforcen: Paula Patton
• Medivh: Ben Foster
• Llane Wrynn: Dominic Cooper
• Khadgar: Ben Schnetzer
• Durotan / Antonidas: Toby Kebbell
• Orgrim: Robert Kazinsky
• Blackhand: Clancy Brown
• Karos: Ryan Robbins
• Gul’dan: Daniel Wu
• Draka: Anna Galvin
• Moroes: Callum Keith Rennie
• Lady Taria Wrynn: Ruth Negga
• Callan: Burkely Duffield
• Varis / Caged Frostwolf: Dean Redman
• Compound Guard: Glenn Ennis
• Grommash Hellscream: Terry Notary
• Draenei Mother: Elena Wurlitzer
• King Magni: Michael Adamthwaite
• Aloman: Anna Van Hooft
• Warrior: Callan Mulvey
• Officer #1: Adrian Glynn McMorran
• Officer #2: Kyle Rideout
• Officer #3: Michael Antonakos
• Westfall Woman: Elisabeth Rosen
• Footman: Patrick Sabongui
• Footman: Kent O’Connor
• Gate Guard: Wesley MacInnes
• Lordaerian Delegate: Mackenzie Gray
• Elf Delegate: Christian Sloan
• Kul Tiran Delegate: Valérie Wiseman
• Clansmen: Dan Payne
• Finden: Eugene Lipinski
• Archmage: Christina Jastrzembska
• Prison Mage #1: Travis MacDonald
• Prison Mage #2: Frank C. Turner
• Young Medivh: Tommy Rieder
• Young Varian Wrynn: Dylan Schombing
• Prison Soldier: Donavon Stinson
• Scared Girl: Meelah Robbins
• Sheep: One Take Charlie
• Alodi (uncredited): Glenn Close
• Warrior (uncredited): Trevor Mack
• Dwarf Messenger (uncredited): Joel Sturrock
• Knight (uncredited): Raj Lal
• Squire (uncredited): Donnie MacNeil
• Tower Guard (uncredited): G. Michael Gray
• Human Villager (uncredited): Michael Patric
• Indecisive Woman (uncredited): Jill Morrison

Film Crew:

• Producer: Charles Roven
• Producer: Tessa Ross
• Screenplay: Charles Leavitt
• Casting: Mary Vernieu
• Music Editor: Michael K. Bauer
• Director of Photography: Simon Duggan
• Editor: Paul Hirsch
• Costume Design: Mayes C. Rubeo
• Art Direction: Grant Van Der Slagt
• Production Design: Gavin Bocquet
• Sound Mixer: Eric Batut
• Makeup Artist: Gitte Axen
• Supervising Art Director: Helen Jarvis
• Set Decoration: Elizabeth Wilcox
• Visual Effects Producer: Jacqui Lopez
• Concept Artist: Simon McGuire
• Original Music Composer: Ramin Djawadi
• Producer: Alex Gartner
• Music Supervisor: Peter Afterman
• Music Supervisor: Margaret Yen
• Producer: Thomas Tull
• Storyboard Artist: J. Todd Anderson
• Executive Producer: Brent O’Connor
• CG Supervisor: Lafleche Dumais
• CG Supervisor: Nicolas-Alexandre Noel
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Philippe Theroux
• Producer: Jon Jashni
• Art Direction: Dan Hermansen
• Casting: Michelle Allen
• Makeup Department Head: Adrien Morot
• First Assistant Editor: Mark Tuminello
• Director: Duncan Jones
• Orchestrator: Stephen Coleman
• Stunts: Jamie Payton
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Keller
• Set Designer: Peter Stratford
• Makeup Artist: Rebeccah Delchambre
• Choreographer: Terry Notary
• Sound Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
• Supervising Sound Editor: Tom Bellfort
• Sound Effects Editor: Dror Mohar
• Camera Operator: Tony Mirza
• Executive Producer: Stuart Fenegan
• Casting: Lindsay Graham
• Executive Producer: Michael Morhaime
• Foley: Gary A. Hecker
• Sound Design Assistant: Simon Bright
• Stunts: Crystal Mudry
• Co-Producer: Chris Metzen
• Stunts: Cassandra Ebner
• Key Costumer: Philip Maldonado
• Assistant Costume Designer: Courtney Daniel
• Set Costumer: Nicola Ryall
• Costume Supervisor: Jana MacDonald
• Art Direction: Margot Ready
• Makeup Designer: Connie Parker
• Sound Effects Editor: Sylvain Lasseur
• Dialogue Editor: Eric Hoehn
• Supervising Sound Editor: Wylie Stateman
• Foley: Rick Owens
• Set Designer: Nancy Anna Brown
• Assistant Art Director: Harrison Yurkiw
• Sculptor: Tracy Lynch
• Greensman: Rohan Lyal
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tim LeBlanc
• Script Supervisor: Jessica Clothier
• Dialect Coach: Brad Gibson
• Executive Producer: Paul W. Sams
• Executive Producer: Jillian Share
• Unit Production Manager: Leeann Stonebreaker
• Visual Effects Producer: Dane Allan Smith
• Set Designer: Sheila Millar
• Still Photographer: Doane Gregory
• Gaffer: Drew Davidson
• Set Designer: Doug Girling
• Special Effects Supervisor: Cameron Waldbauer
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith
• Extras Casting: Sandra-Ken Freeman
• Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau
• Aerial Director of Photography: Hans Bjerno
• Art Department Coordinator: Shannon Courte
• Wigmaker: Stacey Butterworth
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jeff White
• Music Editor: Peter Myles
• Unit Publicist: Brigitte Prochaska
• Construction Coordinator: Jan Kobylka
• Key Hair Stylist: Jessica Rain
• Animation Supervisor: Hal T. Hickel
• Stunt Double: Alain Moussi
• Camera Operator: Stephen Maier
• Sound Effects Editor: Lauren Hadaway
• Greensman: James Summers
• Steadicam Operator: Peter Wilke
• Additional Photography: Joseph Arena
• Property Master: James H. Chow
• Visual Effects Producer: Mark G. Soper
• Camera Operator: Chris Harris
• Animation: Mike Dharney
• Animation: Kevin Labanowich
• Production Office Assistant: James Forrester
• Post Production Supervisor: Jake Rice
• Visual Effects Producer: Jill E. Hughes
• Camera Operator: Wendy Bown
• Helicopter Camera: Richard Roles
• Visual Effects Producer: Cabral Rock
• Makeup Artist: Sarah Bergeest Still
• Casting Associate: Jaceson Mann
• VFX Editor: Guillaume Poulin
• Second Unit Director: Tom Struthers
• Unit Production Manager: Cecil O’Connor
• Rigging Gaffer: Keith Woods
• First Assistant Camera: Taylor Matheson
• First Assistant Camera: Paul Guenette
• Assistant Costume Designer: Stacy Caballero
• Seamstress: Wendy Foster
• Rigging Grip: Scott Andrew Armstrong
• VFX Editor: Pascal Rigaud
• Post Production Supervisor: David E. Hall
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Stewart Whelan
• Rigging Grip: Adam Bunz
• Rigging Grip: Herb DeWaal
• Rigging Grip: Daryl Makortoff
• Sequence Supervisor: David Marsh
• Concept Artist: Cyrille Nomberg
• Sequence Supervisor: Tom Martinek
• Storyboard Artist: Joel Venti
• Art Direction: Iain McCaig
• Set Decorating Coordinator: Britt Bancroft
• Construction Coordinator: John Dale
• Assistant Costume Designer: Liz Krause
• Seamstress: Patrice Yapp
• Seamstress: Jenn Touchie
• Seamstress: Margaret Jenkins
• Seamstress: Tina Ning Hsu
• Set Costumer: Lyne Talbot
• Set Costumer: Mary Wiseman
• Hairstylist: Emma Clarke
• Hairstylist: Sharon Markell
• Makeup Artist: Jaime Danielian
• Animation: Scott Dace
• Animation: Gerald Clevy
• Animation: Wong Joe
• CG Supervisor: Javier Mansilla
• CG Supervisor: Fabrice Vienne
• VFX Editor: Katrina Taylor
• VFX Supervisor: Arnaud Brisebois
• Visual Effects Editor: Justin Shaw
• Visual Effects Editor: Joey Santana
• Visual Effects Producer: Chad Cortvriendt
• Visual Effects Producer: Louise Bertrand
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Joseph Kasparian
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jason Smith
• First Assistant Camera: Dean Morin
• First Assistant Camera: Sean Elliott
• Gaffer: James M. McClure
• Sound Effects Editor: Jackie Zhou
• First Assistant Editor: Shae Salmon
• First Assistant Editor: Steve Bobertz
• Digital Intermediate Colorist: Siggy Ferstl
• Additional Music: Brandon Campbell
• First Assistant Camera: Jeff Cassidy
• Gaffer: Bobby Wotherspoon
• Assistant Property Master: Jeremy Nitsch
• Production Controller: Elizabeth Tompkins
• Second Assistant Director: Cindy Smith
• First Assistant Director: Pete Whyte
• Production Coordinator: Bliss McDonald
• Stunts: Chad Cosgrave
• Co-Producer: Rebecca Steel Roven
• Draughtsman: Kevin Timon Hill
• Storyboard Artist: Anson Jew
• Costume Coordinator: Carole Griffin
• Orchestrator: Tony Blondal
• ADR Mixer: Matt Dawson
• Rigging Grip: Connor Welsh
• ADR Recordist: Seva Solntsev
• Compositing Lead: Ben O’Brien
• ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
• Rigging Grip: Jesse Frank
• Rigging Grip: Brad Mear
• Scenic Artist: Robert Irving
• Sculptor: Kirsten Dumont-Aubrey
• Sculptor: Boris Maganic
• Sculptor: Maria Ermie
• Rigging Grip: Chris Cristobal
• Rigging Grip: Adrian Netto
• Rigging Grip: Ian Gariepy
• Concept Artist: Luis F. Carrasco
• Concept Artist: Dominic Lavery
• Dolly Grip: Damien Giles
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Evan Godfrey
• Production Coordinator: Vinay Gautam
• Concept Artist: Jon McCoy
• Second Assistant Director: Gordon Piper
• Assistant Property Master: Sean McGee
• Concept Artist: Patrick Faulwetter
• Location Manager: Jina Johnson
• Assistant Property Master: Michelle Hendriksen
• Assistant Property Master: Jason B. Landels
• Production Manager: Patricia L. Adams
• Third Assistant Director: Florian Halbedl
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Tara Mews
• Production Manager: Yang Hongtao
• Third Assistant Director: Beth Welch
• Set Designer: Mike Barton
• Set Designer: Siri Hermanski
• Concept Artist: Magdalena Kusowska
• Storyboard Artist: John Lund
• Assistant Set Decoration: Ignacio McBurney
• Concept Artist: Karla Ortiz
• Concept Artist: Glenn Rane
• Scenic Artist: Steven Reintjes
• Propmaker: Rosemary Stegman
• Rigging Grip: Bobby Cuffe
• Dolly Grip: Charles Koetke
• Rigging Grip: Jason Matte
• Production Coordinator: Dixie Wu

Movie Reviews:

• Andres Gomez: I really was expecting very little from this movie, but I was surprised. Good action and quite a decent story. Not all fresh, but well put together.

  I think the biggest pity is the lack of talent of Fimmel. He learnt how to perform for Vikings and he lays another flat copy of the same character.

  Positive points to the very good OST by Djawadi.

• moparchris: Even if you have never played “Warcraft” or “World of Warcraft” before,
  I think you will like this movie. It has a great story, good acting &
  is visually stunning. The special effects are not over the top, but are
  very good & believable. Do yourself a favor & don’t think of this a
  another “video game movie”, see it & you will love it & want another to
  be made. I hope this turns this into a great franchise, there are too
  many good stories in the “Warcraft” universe waiting to be told on the
  big screen. Some non WoW fans might have a hard time following the fast paced story, but watch it again if you missed it & you will understand it more. I think there could have been a bit more character development & the addition of a narration track might help non Warcraft fans understand a little better, I hope they will do a little better on the sequel.
• Reno: **One fights for their new home and the others to defend theirs.**

  I never played Warcraft game in my life, nor read comic book, but I enjoyed this new fantasy universe. Azeroth is the world where this story takes place. When the Orcs planet was destroyed, they use a magic portal to get to Azeroth and make a safe home. But that is where humans and other intelligent species live peacefully. A new race means a new conflict to solve the differences. So the battle commences at no time to gain the power to rule the land. Between the two great powers, who wins is the film to tell us in the rest of the parts.

  It was something like ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Lost of the Rings’ coming together. Despite having alien race, it is very much an action- fantasy film, not a sci-fi. From the games to film, it was awesomely made which is obviously a latest trend in the filmmaking. The graphics were good, but not perfect, and that’s fine, because it succeeds to give the game look than the realistic one. I think that’s the point, otherwise no disgrace to call it was inspired by the games or comic book.

  I know it is not a masterpiece like ‘The Lord of the Rings’, but there’s a promise like the quality and story and its characters. There’s no big names, but these actors who are known mostly for their supporting roles has given their best. Like I said I’m new to this Warcraft universe, so I don’t know anything outside this film, but I’m kind of neutral on the war between the humans and orcs. Because one’s world was destroyed and they’re seeking a new home and the other ones are defending theirs. So everything makes sense from both the perspectives for their actions.

  This is just a beginning, there’s lot more sequels to come. Though, it’s a pity that it failed in America, the native product, but internationally proved it is one of best of its kind, I mean games to screen adaptation. The director of ‘Source Code’ did a great job and all the actors, including those motion-capture artists. I missed Zoe Saldana in this, to be as another blue or green skinned alien specie, instead Paula Patton did well in a similar role. The character name also very similar to the one from ‘Guardian of the Galaxy’. I know it’s going to get even bigger in the follow-up, so I can’t wait for it. Hope it will release in less than couple of years.

  _8/10_

• katch22: The beginning is confusing and poorly acted, but it gets better as it goes. The CGI looks seamless with the live-action.
• Skarfrael: A good fantasy movie, a bad video game movie (27 February 2017)

  The day it premiered, me not being a wow fan or anything, i went and watched it, a mere fantasy lover who just couldn’t resist not coming in contact with something new and promising. Hands down, even if i didn’t know anything from this lore, through the movie i couldn’t hold a grin all over my face. I don’t know why maybe cause i was seeing before me a fantasy world well established. A world that probably deserved it. I left the cinema over-excited. I started playing the game, and more importantly i started reading the novels.

  First come the Rise of the Horde(RoH), describing the durotan’s life, gul’dan’s rise to power, the fall of draenor etc. Second would be the Last Guardian(TLG) establishing Kadhagar, Garona, Medivh and Lothar. The third one, Tides of Darkness takes place after the death of Llane and the fall of Storwind, so the movie should sit between novels 2 and 3. And it is between those that i decided to rewatch the movie, now more experienced in the World of Warcraft.

  To my sadness, i was disappointed. My once 8.5/10 rating fell to 5.5. Althouth the CGI was again THRILLING, the story was honestly RAPED. Reading TLG i noticed that the movie i had watched months ago, had changed some, but damn after rewatching it, i just couldn’t stand it. There were some huge changes that honestly served no reason! For example why on earth Stormwind didn’t fall? or why did the alliance exist already when it should not? why Orgrim was a Frostwolf? why Lothar’s character was so damn wrong?? I hated movie-Lothar! I understand that the movie being made for non wow fans too, should be changed a bit, but come on… Video game movies should be more close to the lore! Even more than book-only fandoms! And me saying that, i am twice a reader than a gamer! For one, if they couldn’t make a proper movie of the coming of the horde to azeroth then they could very well start from RoH story. It has the content to support a great fantasy movie. Works that end up lesser than they should, are disappointing.

• CinemaSerf: I had fairly low expectations for this, and I wasn’t really disappointed. Based on a highly complex game structure, the characterisations seem to be drawn from a Tolkien meets Arthurian world in which magicians, guardians, orcs, humans and Glenn Close are all vying for power. What ensues now is a pretty straightforward tale of betrayal and manipulation with a bit of romance and plenty of visual effects that must have caused no end of boredom for an almost comedic Travis Fimmel, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper and many others who must have been dangled, stood, sat or made to pretend-fight in front of a green screen for most of the production process. The fight scenes are relentless, colourful and creative, but they all go on for far too long with each ugly great beastie trying to wrestle another to the ground in the face of some terrible green glowing eyes that are trying to impose the “fel” magic on the kingdom. It is not a terrible film, though it is too long, it’s just all about the technology and very little about a coherent piece of entertaining cinema that could have delivered much more had the screenplay worked harder with the undoubtedly promising opportunity for fantasy storytelling.