Handsome & Graceful have no fear of the witch

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2013)

Hansel / Jeremy Renner (The Town) and Gretel / Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time) are two fearless witch hunters. They were left in the woods by their father when they were little to protect them from the villagers who wanted to kill his wife because she was a witch who practice white magic. So the kids find their way and get to the gingerbread house which belongs to a witch and is filled with sweets to lure the children there. They manage to defend her and set her on fire and escape with life. Now they have grown and are called in a city by the mayor to face the witch who kidnapped several children. But things will not be easy for them will have to deal with the sheriff who stands in their way and accuse them for making a mess in the village. With the help of an avid fan of theirs, a woman who saved her from death and a troll, they have to defeated Muriel, the greatest sorcerer who has the power to transform her face to a common one and they should not leave her carryout a ritual that requires 12 children born in each month of the year. Although curses thrown upon them by witches not affects them, for the two will not be easy to defeat an army that will gather in the woods that night.
The film is not bad, it has action, fantasy, scary moments and a dash of humor here and there. Costumes and location are excellent but the only thing I doubt is if at that time there were such sophisticated weapons that Mina shoots from the top of the mountain.