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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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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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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Treat yourself: buy the pick'n'mix but skip the film. Rated: 2/5 Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Tara Brady Irish Times There's no reason in the world for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters not to be good, clean, trashy fun. But it isn't. Rated: 2/5 Mar 1, 2013 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard It's an appalling, insulting and cynical mess from start to finish. Rated: 1/5 Mar 1, 2013 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Emiliano Basile EscribiendoCine ... A story that -- fortunately -- lasts less than an hour and a half. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 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. Rated: 2/5 Dec 26, 2022 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 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. Rated: 0/4 Sep 20, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Craig B Don't take it too seriously and it's a good fun movie requiring no brain effort. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/28/24 Full Review Rainer Lester L It's a shame that people didn't like this movie so much, I find it really cool and enjoyable, it's campy, and it actually aged well for a movie from 2012(?), it's so unrightfully underrated and deserves more recognition. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Eric M Criminally underrated Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Gemma Arterton is hot, and so was the red haired chick who gets her clothes off by the lake. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review mark c There is no way this film should be so reviewed so low. I thought it was a fun film. Plenty of gore.great effects. Ignore the reviews and watch. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review WM L I love this movie, all the actors had great fun, the effects are great, not sure why the "professional" critics thought they were not, the story was fluid, and the stunts are so impressive. I loved the big giant and the variation in witches. I watch it every time I see it on tv. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tommy Wirkola Director Jeremy Renner Hansel Gemma Arterton Gretel Famke Janssen Muriel Peter Stormare Berringer Thomas Mann Ben
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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
Gary Sanchez Productions, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures

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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