15 years after their traumatic gingerbread-house incident, siblings Hansel and Gretel have become a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters had all the hallmarks of being absolutely brilliant or completely forgettable.
The premise, bringing an updated take on the classic fairy tale, sees the young Hansel and Gretel we all know all grown up. And with a back story like theirs, becoming witch hunters seems like the inevitable career path.
In the decade and a half since we're first introduced to them, the brother-sister duo have become renowned bounty hunters, with more than five hundred witches' deaths to their name. But as the mythic and notorious 'Blood Moon' beckons, we see a different kind of evil emerge from the depths of the forest, promising to cause a lot more trouble for our heroic witch hunters.
Much of the credit for this film's success belongs to both its leading stars, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. The chemistry that the two have on screen is brilliant, building a fantastic rapport as the brother-sister outfit. With plenty of banter and witty one-liners, the film's darker scenes are lifted by cutting a great balance between the humour and violence.
Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) is absolutely fantastic, making one of my favourite English language debuts. His background in comedy/horror serves him very well on Hansel & Gretel, helping to balance out the bloody scenes with a healthy dose of laughs.
The blockbuster movie definitely earns its 15 rating here, gleefully full of gore, grime, and strong bloody action sequences. Not only is it an action movie, it is also a brilliant horror movie, with the fantasy elements blending nicely as well.
Its critics have largely railed against the film as being generic, but that couldn't be further from the truth. In recent years, we've seen a significant resurgence of the fairy tale genre, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters breathes fresh air into an otherwise tired segment of the industry.
Rare is the update that brings such originality and ingenuity as this movie. I've often wondered what Hansel and Gretel would be like at the end of the story. 'And they lived happily ever after' never quite seemed to cut it for a duo whose past involved kidnapping. It's nice to finally see them getting their own back, and then some, traveling all over the world to become famous bounty hunters. Paramount have already given the go-ahead for a sequel, and I can't wait to see what these two characters will do next.
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. Get ready for a twisted take on the classic tale as Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have turned pro, coping with the trauma of their childhood captivity by slaying witches for hire. But when the seemingly unstoppable bounty hunters meet their match in an enemy so evil, it’ll take all their training, weapons and courage to survive. Actors Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Zoe Bell, Derek Mears, Monique Ganderton, Thomas Mann, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Pihla Viitala, Christian Rubeck, Stig Frode Henriksen, Jason Oettle, Thomas Scharff & Jeppe Laursen Director Tommy Wirkola Certificate 15 years and over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1)
Extended cut of the action comedy inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. The film is set 15 years after the young Hansel and Gretel (Renner and Arterton) were abandoned by their parents in the forest and taken prisoner in a gingerbread house by a child-eating witch. The siblings managed to escape, and in the intervening years have taken advantage of their subsequent immunity to bad spells and curses to set themselves up as expert bounty hunters, becoming world-famous for their skill in tracking down and killing evildoers around the globe. The film follows the brother and sister on their latest assignment - a campaign against evil sorceress Muriel (Famke Janssen) - which they begin to realise may be their golden opportunity for revenge of a more personal nature.
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