Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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2013

1h 28m

Fantasy

Horror

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Adventure

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Fifteen years after Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters. Hell-bent on retribution, they have dedicated their lives to hunting down and destroying every witch still lurking in the dark forests of their homeland. As the notorious blood moon approaches, the siblings face a great evil -- one that could hold the secret to their terrifying past.

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Critics Consensus

Alternately bloody and silly, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters fails as both a fantasy adventure and as a parody of same.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/05/2017

2/5

Treat yourself: buy the pick'n'mix but skip the film.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

03/01/2013

2/5

There's no reason in the world for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters not to be good, clean, trashy fun. But it isn't.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

03/01/2013

1/5

It's an appalling, insulting and cynical mess from start to finish.

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

01/22/2024

6/10

... A story that -- fortunately -- lasts less than an hour and a half. [Full review in Spanish]

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

12/26/2022

2/5

Is it the worst movie you’ll see? Hardly. Does it have a few moments that work? Well, yes. But are there a number of better ways you could spend your time? Most definitely.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

09/20/2022

0/4

Be it the fault of the filmmakers or the concept itself, something about leather-clad badasses who trek through antiquated Eastern-European countries to fight monsters with an elaborate, modernish arsenal just never seems to work.

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@11111111391 Jan 11

I found Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters deeply disturbing and outright offensive. The film glorifies violence against women, portraying female characters almost exclusively as targets to be killed, tortured, or humiliated. It tries to make the heroes — two siblings — look heroic while committing acts that echo real historical atrocities during medieval witch hunts, when thousands of innocent women were burned, hanged, or executed. The sexualization of women in the film, including gratuitous nudity and male gaze moments, only adds to the discomfort. It is not a thrilling or empowering story; it is a regressive, exploitative spectacle that treats female suffering as entertainment. Watching it as a woman, I felt physically and emotionally repelled. This film is not just bad filmmaking — it is ethically and culturally troubling.

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Carolina N

@Magas Dec 28

Filme fraco e animalesco, que apesar de só ter 88 minutos, parece que nunca mais termina. O roteiro até não seria mau, se tivesse sido escrito por um cão...

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Gabriel T

@GabrielFagundes Nov 22

It's trashy and sometimes even ridiculous, but funny and entertaining

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Zala L

Nov 11

One of the most underrated Halloween movies. It has some silly scenes and some of them are quite grafic but over all, it has a great plot (and plot twist), all of the actors did an amazig job and it is truly one of the best Halloween mood type of movies you can put on. Sure, it is science-fiction but the special effects are amazing and it’s satisfying to watch. It will not dissapoint.

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Ryan C

Oct 29

Loved it, great? No, but very entertaining!!

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Ameria T.

@MKay22 Oct 28

The MiniGun Tho? It was ok…

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Synopsis

Fifteen years after Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters. Hell-bent on retribution, they have dedicated their lives to hunting down and destroying every witch still lurking in the dark forests of their homeland. As the notorious blood moon approaches, the siblings face a great evil -- one that could hold the secret to their terrifying past.

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Producer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick, Beau Flynn
Screenwriter: Tommy Wirkola
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, MTV Films
Rating: R (Fantasy Horror Violence/Gore|Brief Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.7M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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