The Last Witch Hunter: Rise of the Ember Queen (2025)
Genre: Dark Fantasy | Action | Supernatural
Starring: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Eva Green, Idris Elba
Directed by: David Yarovesky
Runtime: 1h 58min
Centuries after he was cursed with immortality by the Witch Queen he killed, Kaulder (Vin Diesel), the last witch hunter, has lived through empires rising and falling, cities burning and rebuilding, and the secret wars between humans and witches hidden behind the veil of modern civilization.
But peace is a fragile illusion—and something ancient is waking again.
The film opens in Prague, where Kaulder uncovers signs of a forbidden ritual buried deep beneath the catacombs of a Gothic cathedral. A secret coven, calling themselves the Circle of Embers, has unearthed the heart-ash of the original Witch Queen—a relic thought lost forever.
Though centuries have passed, Kaulder knows the power of that heart. It is a key. And someone is trying to turn it.
Assisted by Chloe (Rose Leslie), now a seasoned Dreamwalker and leader of a neutral witch faction, Kaulder races to stop the awakening of a new force: The Ember Queen, a being of pure flame and wrath, born from the ashes of the old.
The Circle succeeds in resurrecting the Ember Queen (Eva Green), a witch of unmatched fury, who seeks revenge not only on humanity but also on the covens who once betrayed her. She declares war on both the witch and human worlds, her power magnifying every act of vengeance and destruction. Cities begin to burn. Time is unraveling.
The Queen’s magic is ancient, primal—she manipulates fire that feeds off memories, consuming not just flesh but identity. Entire towns forget who they were before vanishing into smoke.
Kaulder and Chloe seek the help of an old friend—Father Dolan the 37th (Idris Elba), a rogue priest of the Axe and Cross who faked his death to escape the church’s surveillance. Together, they unlock forbidden lore and learn of a weapon that may defeat the Ember Queen: the Cinder Sigil, a fragment of magic buried within Kaulder’s own curse.
But using it comes at a price.
To access the Sigil, Kaulder must walk the Ashen Path, a spiritual gauntlet through his own immortal memories, where he relives every death he’s caused, every life he’s watched wither while he remained unchanged. He’s haunted by visions of his long-dead family, the Witch Queen he once killed, and the many lives he could never save.
In the end, Kaulder accepts his curse—not as a punishment, but as a purpose.
Meanwhile, the Ember Queen lays siege to New York, transforming Times Square into a vortex of infernal magic. Witches and humans alike are turned into ash statues, their minds trapped in a burning dream.
Kaulder arrives for the final battle, not to kill the Queen, but to contain her. Using the Cinder Sigil and Chloe’s dreamwalking powers, he opens a rift—a mirror of her own mind—trapping her within a prison of her own memories.
But the Sigil demands sacrifice. Kaulder offers his immortality in exchange for sealing the Queen forever.
Kaulder survives, but he is no longer immortal. The curse is broken. For the first time in 800 years, he feels the weight of time. He bleeds. He ages.
But he also feels alive.
The world is healing. The rift between witches and humans narrows, with Chloe serving as a bridge. And though Kaulder is no longer “the last,” he remains the guardian between worlds—a hunter not of witches, but of the darkness that consumes them.
As the camera pans to a hidden scroll igniting in a forgotten vault, the whisper of a new threat rises with the smoke.
“Even fire must answer to the flame within.”
