Review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) by James M — 16 Oct 2013

Yet another re-imagination of a fairytale on the Hollywood production line following Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood and 2012's two Snow White movies.

Produced by MTV films, this movie is clearly aimed at the "young adult" demographic (Or Twilight fans), it's far too violent for young kids and too fairytale-lite for grown ups, making it fall into a niche groove.

Personally, I thought this was better than Alice In Wonderland but not by much. Gemma Arterton is decent as Gretel, but Jeremy Renner is very much miscast as Hansel. I made an assumption that Orlando Bloom must have been busy down the jobcentre. The story isn't too bad in comparison to the original fairytale, with some well-paced action scenes in a build up to a very badly edited climax. The F-word is used a few times, incredibly unnecessarily.

Overall, I didn't think this was a terrible movie, but I wouldn't watch it again.