Thankfully the kingdom is protected by Medivh (Ben Foster), the guardian of the kingdom, who has incredible magical powers that will certainly help their cause. There's also Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer), a young mage, who sensed bad things were coming, and is developing powers of his own that could come in very useful.

Another possible ally comes in the surprising orc-shape of Durotan; he believes that Gul'dan and his dark magic could end up destroying them all, and perhaps the only way of stopping him is to team up with the humans. Gul'dan is all powerful however, and even more so when he drains the life out of humans, and will take some stopping if the people of Azeroth are to be saved.

Don't be put off by all the geeky mumbo jumbo, as there's a pretty entertaining film to be had. The positive aspects are down to one man. Normally, this kind of film based on a video game genre shouldn't be touched with a ten foot orc battle pole, but with Duncan Jones directing, curiosity should get the better of you.

Jones - who also co-wrote the film - is a talented British director, who impressed with his debut Moon and with his follow up, the entertaining if slightly flawed Source Code. Clearly a fan of all things sci-fi/fantasy, it's still a brave man who decides to helm a project based on a video game.

This rift between these two superhero legends grows further when footage is released of a bombing of a conference in Vienna where King T’Chaka of Wakanda (John Kani) is killed, at the hands of Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), long time friend of the Captain’s. Steve decides to track down and help his old friend before the US government send out a kill team for him.

Steve does manage to get to him first, and Bucky tells him that it wasn’t him after all, it was some crazy guy Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl) who disguised himself to look like Bucky. Bucky then informs Steve that Zemo wanted the location of a further group of Winter Soldiers who were currently in a cryogenic state in a secret location. Steve knows that no good will come of this, and decides that he must stop him, and do it without the help of Stark and a number of other Avengers.

Stark however disapproves of Steve and super chums going rogue, and decides that he and the remaining members of the team must do all they can to stop him. This leads to an almost unbelievable scenario that sees fellow Avengers battling amongst themselves, with Iron Man and Captain America going head to super-head.

Captain America: Civil War may well be the thirteenth feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be released, but audiences don’t appear to be suffering any superhero fatigue, surprisingly, especially when you consider this title has made currently over a billion dollars.

Visually at least, he pulls it off. The world and all its inhabitants are superbly brought to life, laced with the kind of special effects that are difficult not to be impressed by.

He also has a strong cast, who probably take their roles a tad too seriously, but still manage to maintain a surprising amount of dignity throughout.

Where the film gets bogged down however, is in the script. Some of the dialogue is undeniably clunky, and it takes itself far too seriously. It could certainly have benefitted from some lighter moments, just to lift the general doom and gloom of it all.

That said, it doesn't bore on anywhere near the scale of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so it has that going for it. And if we had to choose between watching this or Avatar, we'd pick this every time.

You don't need to be a fan of the game to appreciate the film, but it will probably help if orcs, dwarves and magic make you drool a little.

Jones is clearly better than this, but at the same time, kudos to him for tackling a difficult genre; he may not of nailed it, but he does get more right than wrong, which many before him have failed to do.

Although a million worlds away from being a classic, Warcraft, despite its plentiful mumbo and a jumbo, proves to be an unpredictably entertaining experience that just might catch you in its spell.