Guillermo Del Toro is a shoe-in for this sort of films...

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2013)

But this film is not quite as good as Hellboy. Of course any child or grown-up knows the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. It is about a brother and sister(Hansel and Gretel) abandoned deep within the woods by their father who follows every command of their newly acquired evil stepmother. Hansel lays a trail of white pebbles during the trip.
After their parents abandon them, the children wait for the moon to rise and then they follow the pebbles back home. They return home safely, much to their stepmother's horror. Once again provisions become scarce, and the stepmother angrily orders her husband to take the children further into the woods and leave them there to die. Hansel and Gretel attempt to gather more pebbles, but find the doors locked and find it impossible to escape from their parents' house.
The following morning, the family treks into the woods. Hansel takes a slice of bread and leaves a trail of bread crumbs to follow home. However, after they are once again abandoned, the children find that birds have eaten the crumbs and they are lost in the woods.
The children try to find a way out, but stumble across a witches hut made out of every sort of sweet things imaginable: cakes, cookies, sugar candy, chocolate, cream etc., etc. The children begin to consume parts of the house when the door to the house opens and out pops an old woman who invites them in and sets before them a scrumptious feast. She is actually an evil witch who uses the house to lure unsuspecting children on whom she feasts.
Her plan was to fatten Hansel and then to eat him. So after the children have eaten, she immediately puts Hansel in cage and locks it. She then orders Gretel to do all sorts of chores in the house, of which the most important was to feed Hansel. As the days passed the witch asked Hansel to stick out his finger which she feels to see if he is fat enough to be cooked and eaten. But Hansel cleverly offers a bone he found in the cage (presumably a bone from the witch's previous captive) and the witch feels it, thinking it is his finger. Due to her blindness, she is fooled into thinking Hansel is still too thin to eat. After weeks of this, the witch grows impatient and decides to eat Hansel, "be he fat or lean." She prepares the oven for Hansel, but decides she is hungry enough to eat Gretel, too. She coaxes Gretel to open the oven and prods her to lean over in front of it to see if the fire is hot enough. Gretel, sensing the witch's intent, pretends she does not understand what she means. Infuriated, the witch demonstrates, and Gretel instantly shoves the witch into the oven and slams and bolts the door shut, leaving "The ungodly witch to be burned to ashes", with the witch screaming in pain until she dies. Gretel frees Hansel from the cage, and the pair discover a vase full of treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home. A swan ferries them across an expanse of water, and at home they find only their father; his wife died from unknown causes. Their father had spent all his days lamenting the loss of his children, and is delighted to see them safe and sound. With the witch's wealth, they all live happily ever after.
Okay on to THIS FILM: After destroying the witch, Hansel and Gretel become famed bounty hunters dedicated to mercilessly eradicating witches, slaying over six hundred of them. Their work is relatively easy because, for an unknown reason, they are immune to spells and curses. Hansel, however, is diabetic as a result of his ordeal and needs to take a regular shot of insulin every few hours.
One day, in the town of Augsburg, Hansel and Gretel prevent Sheriff Berringer from executing Mina, a young woman accused of witchcraft. Mayor Englemann has hired the siblings to find and rescue several children abducted by witches.
Watch this film to find out what happens next! This film is fasted paced with graphic action scenes and gore and has some nudity. Therefor I wouldn't recommend this film for children under 13 years.
Notable Stars: Famke Jannsen(Deep Rising,X-Men Trilogy, Goldeneye, Lord Of Illusions), Peter Stormare(Fargo, 8mm, Lockout) and Jeremy Renner (Dahmer(MUST SEE FILM!) The Avengers)).
Similar films: Hocus Pocus (1993), Warlock(1989).