Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard

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Movie
German title Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard
Original title Merlin's Apprentice
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 176 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director David Wu
script Christian Ford
Roger Soffer
production Michael O'Connor
Matthew O'Connor
music Lawrence Shragge
camera John Spooner
cut David Wu
occupation

Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard is the sequel to the adventure film Merlin . The film was made in 2006 and deals with the aftermath of the Arthurian legend .

action

The film takes place about 50 years after the first part. After Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have found the Holy Grail , Merlin leaves Camelot and retreats into a cave to sleep for some time and to regenerate his strength. When he wakes up again, 50 years have passed and Camelot is no longer the same. After Arthur, a man came to the throne who was not considered worthy of the Grail. Thereupon the grail disappeared and Camelot perishes.

When a thief with magical abilities appears in town, the secrets begin to emerge. This young thief named Jack soon becomes Merlin's apprentice and has to face his exams. During the course of the film, Jack meets the squire Brayn who wants to kill him, but it turns out through a spell that Brayn is a woman, whose real name is Bryanna. He also meets the village blacksmith, who later succeeded the king, and his lover, Lady Yvonne, the alleged granddaughter of Sir Gawain and fiancee of the king, Lord West.

As a war rages for Camelot, Jack must increase his powers as quickly as possible, but when the greatest enemy Camelot manages to destroy the walls with the help of a tunnel, the inhabitants of the city have to flee. During the frenzy of battle, Jack learns from Merlin that the mistress of the lake, who represents Merlin's opponent, is Jack's mother and that Merlin is Jack's father.

Merlin succeeds in building a bridge that enables his son and the inhabitants of the city to escape, but it costs him the last of his strength and he cannot escape and is killed. Then the army of the evil King Rauskaug begins to pursue the fleeing inhabitants.

Then the whole people of Camelot begin to search for the Grail in order to raise Camelot again and defeat all their enemies. After a long search, thanks to a vision, Jack succeeds in identifying the grail and, after the death of the lord, in taking it. But the battle against the enemy forces is already lost and all of Camelot's inhabitants are dead. However, the Grail undoes this and the former village blacksmith becomes king of the new Camelot. Bryanna and Jack become a couple, and finally, thanks to a talking pig in the realm of the dead, Jack can have one last conversation with his father Merlin.

criticism

"Continuation of a fantasy mini-series that is only vaguely based on the Arthurian saga and offers a number of set pieces and third-rate effects without convincing."

background

  • The film was shot in Vancouver , Canada . The cost of production was about $ 12 million.
  • Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard had its US DVD premiere on March 7, 2006. In Germany, the film was released on DVD on June 11, 2007 and was shown for the first time on German television on RTL on August 4, 2007 .

continuity

The two-parter offers only weak references to its predecessor. The story contradicts the first film or ignores it in almost all respects. The main characters Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson have in common , although the latter only plays a role this time; she only plays the mistress of the lake , Merlin's adversary, while in part 1 she also embodied Queen Mab , also Merlin's adversary. The mistress of the lake also appeared in the first part, but with a completely different appearance and as an ally of Merlin. In fact, the Lady of the Lake in Merlin - The Last Wizard bears more resemblance to Queen Mab, both in character and in appearance . The strong change in the character in the successor is not explained.

Other inconsistencies:

  • King Arthur is played by another actor.
  • In the first part Merlin experiences Arthur's death, in the second part he initially doesn't know anything about it.
  • In the first part, Merlin withdraws with his love Nimue at the end in order to live in peace with her, in the sequel there is no more talk of that and Merlin wakes up alone in a cave.
  • In the first part the Holy Grail is only mentioned in passing, in Merlin 2 it is presented as a central element of King Arthur's reign.
  • As a knight of the round table, Merlin mentions Parzival , among other things , which however did not appear in the previous one.
  • The backdrops of Camelot and Merlin's wand bear no resemblance to the versions of the first part.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 19, 2018 .  .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  2. Merlin 2 - The Last Wizard. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 19, 2018 .