Hänsel und Gretel: Hexenjäger (2013)

Hänsel und Gretel: Hexenjäger: Directed by Tommy Wirkola. With Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala. Brother-sister duo Hansel and Gretel are professional witch hunters who help innocent villagers. But they soon stumble upon a case that could hold the key to their past.

“Hansel u0026amp; Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e** (out of 4)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eR-rated, gory horror-adventure has brother and sisters Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretal (Gemma Arterton) called to a small town to try and locate some children that have been kidnapped by some witches. Soon they realize that a Queen witch (Famke Janssen) has bigger plans that could have a major change on the world. HANSEL u0026amp; GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS isnu0026#39;t quite as bad as some are making it out to be but thereu0026#39;s no question that the entire film just has an uneasy mix of genres that never fully come together and in the end the film just came off as something that didnu0026#39;t know what it wanted to be or do. At times thereu0026#39;s some campy comedy moments but these arenu0026#39;t good enough to save the picture. At other times weu0026#39;re given a fairly interesting look at two people hunting witches but the film doesnu0026#39;t do too much with this. Weu0026#39;re also given a picture with some extremely graphic gore that comes out of nowhere. I really liked the fact that they went for a R-rating and didnu0026#39;t hold back for a smaller rating but at the same time if you took this away there really wouldnu0026#39;t be much to the movie. The film manages to be slightly entertaining because of this type of gore but at the same time I can see how it might not sit well with some more sensitive viewers. Another thing I liked was the actual look of the witches. The CGI effects were actually quite believable whenever the witches changed form in their faces. The look of the major witch was also quite nice and benefited from the strong and fun performance by Janssen who managed to bring a certain sexy nature to the role. Both Renner and Arterton are good in their parts but the screenplay really makes both characters quite boring and uninteresting. The supporting players here are usually much better and the movie probably would have benefited having them in it more. This includes an obsessed fan of the duo as well as an evil sheriff. Another problem with the film is that you just never really get involved with anything going on. It looks nice and some of the action scenes are put together nicely but thereu0026#39;s just no real energy that brings you into the film.”