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Jan 25, 2013 · 16% Tomatometer 147 Reviews 53% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Fifteen years after Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for...
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- Tommy Wirkola
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- Jeremy Renner
Jan 25, 2013 · Most definitely. Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 26, 2022. Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review. Be it the fault of the filmmakers or the concept itself, something about leather-clad badasses...
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is a great entertainment for ordinary viewers like me that like the genre of fantasy but based on the Metacritic Rating, it is not recommended to intellectuals. The story is very funny and the special effects and make-up are top notch.
Brisk, outrageous action movie has tons of witchy violence. Read Common Sense Media's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Tommy Wirkola
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Famke Janssen, Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner
- Same old cheese.
- Verdict
By Alicia Malone
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 8:00 am
Have you ever thought about what happened to little Hansel and Gretel after they escaped that evil witch’s gingerbread house? Probably not, but Norwegian writer/director Tommy Wirkola did, and in his world the pair grew up to be kickass witch hunters, complete with leather pants and crossbows.
After a set-up showing the young Hansel and Gretel shoving the witch into the oven, the film picks up 15 years later, where the grown-up pair (played by Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton) has been summoned to a village in Germany to deal with the nasty witch Muriel (Famke Janssen) who lurks in the dark forest nearby. The Sheriff of the town (Peter Stormare) is not happy with the two stealing his thunder, so does his best to stop them and lead his own witch hunt.
Despite being set in Germany in the vague 1800s, the characters speak with a strange mix of accents. Of course, nothing in this world is realistic, but a decision between sounding American, English or German seems like it would be a small thing to fix. Thankfully, some of the humor is great - jokes are peppered with swearing, making for a few funny and unexpected moments. Though one recurring joke about Hansel’s diabetes feels like a very heavy-handed way of saying “don’t eat candy, kids!”
The action is also a lot gorier and brutal than you may expect, with loads of fake blood as heads get smooshed, and witches get smacked down. But between 2D and 3D, go with 2D, as the 3D is cheesy, consisting of arrows, blood etc flying towards your face, which distracts rather than enhances the experience.
There are a few funny moments, but overall Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is too similar to many films we’ve seen before. It feels like the kind of film Kate Beckinsale should be in (again).
Feb 28, 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters – review. Hansel and Gretel are tooled up with shotguns and phoney love interests – but the only witch-hunt needed here is one for the studio...
Jan 25, 2013 · 7/10. A Great Entertainment. The siblings Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) are left alone in the woods by their father and captured by a dark witch in a candy house. However they kill the witch and escape from the spot. Years later, the orphans have become famous witch hunters.
