The siblings Hansel and Gretel 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. When eleven children go missing in a small village the Mayor summons Hansel and Gretel to rescue them and they save the red haired Mina from the local sheriff that wants to burn her accusing Mina of witchcraft. Soon they discover that the Blood Moon will approach in three days and the powerful dark witch Muriel is the responsible for the abduction of children. She intends to use the children together with a secret ingredient in a Sabbath to make the coven of witches protected against the fire. Meanwhile Hansel and Gretel disclose secrets about their parents.
Review
It is a pretty straightforward action flick. With the short runtime of 1 hour and 28 minutes you can expect this to move briskly and to be packed with a lot of action.
The story The movie starts with the young Hansel and Gretel losing their parents. They are shortly picked by a witch to be food. They manage to escape and burn the witch alive and that's how they become witch hunter. Cue to the opening credit. The next scene shows them saving an innocent woman whom is accused of being a witch. And from there the action keeps going. There are some slight twists about the innocent woman and Hansel and Gretel's parents. Other than that it is purely straightforward for a good thing. The action scenes are not bad but they are more gritty than fantastical. Music wise is quite alright with Han Zimmer acting as the music supervisor.
3D It is okay. As many of the scenes take place at night the 3D effect dampens. It becomes more like harder to see. But when it comes to explosions blood splatters and action it is gimmicky with objects flying to your face. Other than that the 3D is not really recommended unless you have some spare money.
Overall It is not bad for the month of January. Sure there is a great potential that the movie never reach but Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters won't disappoint if you want a good entertainment packed with action. Next fairy tale movie is Jack the Giant Slayer in Feb.