Cast Nicolas Cage
Teresa Palmer
Jay Baruchel
Toby Kebbell
Alfred Molina
Monica Bellucci
Alice Krige
Screenwriter
Carlo Bernard
Director
Jon Turteltaub
Running Time
108 minutes
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." (Walt Disney Pictures)
It started with something like a "previously on" bit which had me thinking whether this was a sequel although I knew it wasn't. I was enjoying it a lot but it seemed to go wrong somewhere but it was still pretty good. I can't quite place what goes wrong but the thing is the comedy sidekick has somehow become the lead which is kind of strange although his performance is good. There's a lot of explaining which isn't unusual but somehow here it was weirder. When the Nicolas Cage / Monica Bellucci plot-line moved to centre stage at the end, because you had only really seen snippets in the prologue and some explaining scenes it seemed to come out of nowhere.
