Pure entertainment, no bullshit.

Rating: 8/10 (11 October 2014)

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is a slightly over the top fun and light-hearted movie. Now, if you've watched Van Helsing and happened to love it, you're guaranteed to love this one as well as its based on a somewhat similar theme. However, in this case, as the title suggests, its witch-hunting. Whats more, it features the fantastic Jeremy Renner and the famous bond-girl Gemma Arterton.
Now, Hansel and Gretel are orphan siblings well-known for their witch-hunting skills and this movie is about them investigating a case of 11 children which went missing from a tiny village. So, obviously there is apt action, which is surprisingly well-directed and the characters seem realistic as they're not taking blow after blow and still kicking the bad guys' asses as if its nothing, like in Die Hard movies. Needless to say, Jeremy and Ms Arterton were fantastic in their roles and do justice to the movie. I kind of expected more action from Hansel's character being played by Jeremy and all, but I'm glad that there wasn't so that the movie could stay true to itself. Gemma was smoking hot (and I don't mean in a bad way) as well as beautiful. This movie was good for a change, for me and I really loved it. My two cents- this movie is recommended. And I think it has proved itself worthy enough to find a permanent place on my low-on-space hard drive.