Stephanie Bennett

Andrew Dunbar

Melissa Roxburgh

Brendan Fletcher

Garry Chalk

Teach Grant

Dylan Postl

Bruce Blain

Mary Black

Emilie Ullerup

Adam Boys

Gary Peterman

Zach Lipovsky

David Mylrea

Laura Lee Connery

Mark Stevens

Tiffany Mak

Marc Bienstock

Cami Winikoff

Jeff Tymoschuk

Mark Amin

Aieisha Li

Troy Hansen

Michael J. Luisi

Chris Foss

Mahlon Todd Williams

Harris Wilkinson

Richard Lowell

Michelle Fitzpatrick

Kimani Ray Smith

Gary Hawes

Susan Williams

Ryan Bailey

Lorne Miess

Marie Hock

Syreeta Wootton

Lenny Taylor

Jordan Fleisher

Baron Heath Shaver

Benjamin Howdeshell

Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Julia Luisi

Ladan Mojallal

Marjorie Wood

Kaio Kathriner

Gary Stamford

Arron Michael Johnson

Tyler Olson

Shawn Montgomery

Roger Fires

Cliff Hokanson

Jennifer Tayler

George Campbell

Jeff LeBlanc

Steven A. Saltzman

Raymond Chopping

Charlene Dunn

Fred Wilson

Jon Jovellanos

Richard Bickel

Nancy Hirami

Michael Corrado

Matt Willoughby-Price

Craig Forsberg

Robert Hahn

Ingrid C.A. Walther

Doug Bernheim

Mark Millward

Sara Brown

Richard Sinclair

Lisa Cottingham

Andrea Manchur

Lawrence Klein

Cameron Foodikoff

Lucas Comstock

Vincent Akira Yoshida

Andrew Zachar

Ahmad Al-Tamimi

Charmaine Clark

Dusty Anderson

Steve Sherlock

Johnny Moore

Scott Kukurudz

Nick Fletcher

Justin Bergler

Nick Watson

Julia Bors

Blaine Ackerly

Brian Shaw

David Dibdin

Casey McClelland

Owen Berry

Ellias Katelovzos

Matty Reed

Jennie Empey

Knesha Yu

Valentine Pavuls

Laura Lea Schneider

Adam Cathey

Clayton Allen

Robert Wood

Sean Esler

Seth Campbell

Jon Lancaster

Frederick Lawrence

Wayne Szybunka

Jeremy Lundstrom

Riley Pearcy

Zackary Lazarus

Marie-Josee Nesbit

Horror

Leprechaun: Origins

WWE Studios

Lionsgate

United States of America

Hiking through the Irish countryside, a group of tourists encounter a group of demented locals living in a remote village offering sacrifices to a deadly leprechaun intending them to be next and must find a way to fight off the villagers as well as the deadly creature.

This one isn't nearly as bad as it's reputation. One of the strongest aspects of this one is the fact that there's a lot of work done here to enhance the historical connection of their trip with the folklore of the area. The film features some rather enjoyable work about the story of the Celtic origins of the area, from their stories about the past settlers and it's connection to the different monuments around the woods to the different measures of protecting them from the creature as it sets out to hunt them one-by-one all manage to readily make this one quite nice in that regard. As well, there's plenty of incredibly fun action to be had throughout here which carries this one along quite fast and frantic, with the opening stalking of the couple lost in the woods, the later scene of the group getting chased through the woods into the secondary cabin where not only do they come face-to-face with the true intentions behind the arrival there and a pretty enjoyable brawl in the woods where they're captured and prepared for the sacrifice. The ensuing fight with the creature when it appears is rather decent as well, and the final lead-up to the brawl in the cabin where it tracks them down for it's final big fight is a big highlight, yet none of this is possible without the glorious high-impact action with them trapped in the cabin unaware of the creature stalking them outside. Discovering their trapped inside, the first hints that something is inside with them and the different means of barricading themselves away and it breaking through which really enhances the suspense of the situation and gives this one a ton of action along the way. The finale does come close to the impact of this one, with the scenes of them inside the truck and escaping into the woods with the creature right on them and leading into the house ambush which is rather tense and gives this some solid action to finish this off on a high-note. Along with the fine gory kills, these here hold this one up over it's few flaws as it did have a few troubling issues. The film's biggest problem is the fact that the creature never really seems consistent in it's motivations. Initially it seems to be after them for encroaching on it's territory, then it goes after the franchises' storyline of the desire for gold and then it becomes apart of the sacrificial storyline which doesn't make any sense and contradicts most of the other issues here as it never relly seems to be consistent within itself. Neither of these really make it play that well into the franchise as well which gives it a rather odd feeling of being just an ordinary creature on the loose and has nothing in common with the others so it does feel somewhat out-of-place in that regard. The other problematic area is the rather lousy special effects on the creature itself, which is usually so blurry and distorted by the rapid-fire quick-cut editing that you never get any kind of view of it and can tell what it looks like until the end despite it being present most of the movie. These here really drag it out.

Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

Gimly

Sure is an odd naming convention for a movie that contains neither an Origin nor a Leprechaun. I guess they didn't have faith in the more accurate title: _The Lamer Adventures of Scar from The Descent for Some Reason_. 

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

English

"Leprechaun: Origins" Official Trailer