Avengers Grimm

Plot synopsis:
Snow White and Prince Charming's kingdom is under attack by Rumpelstiltskin's brainwashed army of thralls. After killing the prince, Rumple confronts Snow in the throne room; he wants access to the Magic Mirror, which can act as a portal to a land without magic, where he can reign unchallenged. A fight ensues, resulting in them falling through the mirror's portal and into the other world. Later, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel arrive, noting the time that's passed since the battle, and how the other world's time moves much faster than theirs; they are joined by Red Riding Hood, who is tracking down Rumpelstiltskin's right-hand man, the Wolf. Having survived the battle, the Wolf attacks them; he tackles Red into the mirror, shattering it and embedding a shard into her shoulder. The princesses follow after them.
They arrive in L.A., but find Red and the Wolf are nowhere to be found. They attempt to search for Snow White, only to be met with hostility at a bar; they're quickly rescued by Snow, who has become a freedom fighter in the six months that have passed. She takes them to her hideout, explaining that Rumpelstiltskin has managed to gain some power by becoming mayor Heart; he continues to brainwash the populace in secret, rebuilding his army of thralls. The princesses tell Snow about the Magic Mirror shard Red has, learning that it's the only way to get back home. Snow hands them fashion magazines, telling them to blend in.
Red continues tracking the Wolf, but ends up incurring the wrath of local gang leader "Iron" John; John believes in order, and doesn't tolerate chaos. Red, Wolf, and John are all arrested, though Red escapes and is eventually rescued in an ensuing battle by her friends. Mayor Heart pays John and Wolf a visit, freeing wolf and promising John "order"; he transforms John into an iron being befitting his moniker. They manage to track down Snow's group, resulting in a fight in which Red and Snow are captured by Heart. He brainwashes Red into a thrall, as the princesses are immune, and tries seducing Snow into being his queen when he takes over the world. Rejected, Heart uses his magic to amplify the shard's power and opens a portal back to fairy tale land.
Cinderella fights with Red, managing to get Red to remember her true self. Iron John sees that Heart lied to him and shatters the shard, sacrificing himself to shut the portal. Snow and Heart fight again. Heart dies, and Snow become frozen as a result of her powers, sparing her from otherwise certain death. The princesses and Red decide to find another way to get home and help with Snow's revival.

Tags: good versus evil, violence, fantasy, murder

Review:
When Rumpelstiltskin destroys the Magic Mirror and escapes to the modern world, the four princesses of Once Upon a Time—Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel—are sucked through the portal too.
Well-trained and endowed with magical powers, they must fight Rumpelstiltskin and his army of thralls before he enslaves everyone on earthIt could lead to a good story...
1 (Awful) is being kind.There is a 10 paragraph review in here on this film and I couldn't keep a straight face whilst reading it.
Let this be a lesson; Trying to ride on the backs of multimillion dollar movies with a budget of $25 is not advised, even if you do have the opportunity to hire 5 MILFS and a couple of actors ready to shame themselves due to owing a backlog of rent.
I would rather wait for eternity for the right script and never see it than enter into a project that would of stunk on paper as bad as this surely would of.This film was made as a tax write off, Right?
I believe I probably watched it a little longer than most, right up until Snow White demanded the others "Get In The Car!" at which point I watched the rest in fast forward skip mode.To painful for words.
And all this, this gigantic pile of weird- bad, the movie isn't terrible, not actually.
It's a terrible choice for a name for this movie, other options, pretty much any other option, would have been better.
If you like B movies, and are a forgiving personality who can laugh at the parts that don't add up, this is a diamond in the rough..
It's obvious that the familiar title is meant to lure unknown people as they assume this is a big budget title with fine presentation, while the fact is Avengers Grimm is barely the level Halloween play.
It uses mythical princess' tales and translates them into modern world but the execution is far from magical.
Acting is incredibly bad, graphic effect is from two decades old and no attractive princess can save it from the abysmal production.No in-depth analysis requires.
If anything, it's probably worth just to see mature version of the princesses for brief amusement, you don't need magic mirror to know there's not much else here..
By all means, there are worse Asylum movies out there than Avengers Grimm, but this was especially disappointing because the premise was great, one of the best ideas they've ever come up.
However, the execution was bad, terrible even at worst, and the very misleading and irrelevant title does nothing in its favour and that's putting it mildly.What saves Avengers Grimm from being unwatchable are the confident Red of Elizabeth Peterson and Casper Van Dien who is clearly having fun as Rumpelstiltskin (the one character that the writers even attempted to do something with).
The rest of the acting is atrocious, Lauren Parkinson's Snow White's line delivery just grates, Kimo Leopoldo is as un-wolf-like as one could possibly get and Marah Fairclough spends the entire time looking dead as Sleeping Beauty.
With the exceptions of Peterson and Van Dien, nobody looks interested or like they wanted to be there.
Lou Ferringo is nice to see but is made up weirdly (the Dr Freeze and Colossus comparison is pretty apt) and bogged down with bad material and an under-characterised character who's barely in the movie to make enough of an impression, good to see him again but it doesn't go beyond that.The characters are just dull, dumb stereotypes, with characterisation almost non-existent apart from Rumpelstiltskin, while the horrid (and that's being kind) dialogue is enough to make even an amateur actor embarrassed.
Avengers Grimm is directed with little competence, has a soundtrack that is too often too loud and too quirky which jars with the 'darker' (in quote marks because the movie is little more than tired cheese throughout) moments and looks cheap.
A couple of sets are decent, but most are basic and too darkly lit, the editing is besieged with continuity errors with all too obvious stunt doubles, the camera work is going-through-the-motions-like and while there are worse special effects around the effects are slapdash at best.All in all, a great idea with near-disastrous execution.
When Rumpelstiltskin (Casper Van Dien) kills the king of Once Upon a Time kingdom, he proposes Snow White (Lauren Parkinson) to open the portal through the Magic Mirror to the real world; otherwise he would kill her.
The princesses Cinderella (Milynn Sarley), Sleeping Beauty (Marah Fairclough) and Rapunzel (Rileah Vanderbilt) ask to the Magic Mirror where Snow White is; however, The Wolf (Kimo Leopoldo) has captured Red (Elizabeth Peterson ) and throws her through the Magic Mirror that breaks, sucking her, The Wolf and the princesses to the modern world.
Red chases The Wolf through Los Angeles with a piece of the mirror pierced in her shoulder while Snow White rescues the princesses in a car.
Soon they learn that Snow White and Rumpelstiltskin arrived a long time ago and Rumpelstiltskin is now the major of Los Angeles.
Further, their only chance to return to Once Upon the Time is retrieving the piece of the mirror from Red. But first they need to destroy Rumpelstiltskin and his army.
"Avengers Grimm" is a fantasy adventure with a great premise wasted by the lack of talent.
The acting of the heroins is terrible highlighting Snow White and the blonde Sleeping Beauty; the screenplay and lines are ridiculous; the special effects are poor; and the fighting choreography and battle scenes are incredibly awful.
Poor Casper Van Dien cant seem to find a good film ever, and this was no exception.
Good old Lou takes hokey films because he's still rich from his days as the Hulk 40 years ago; he knew how to invest.
I had to read the IMDb page twice to make sure I hadnt picked up a whore-core film by mistake; the dialog, acting, and womens' "outfits" were so gawd-awful.
To find that this schlock was supposed to be legit, and wasn't just sleazy "r" rated near-porn garbage was shocking.So, yeah, if you want to watch some bimbos in short, nearly transparent dresses with thongs underneath (which occasionally does have its charm, I'll admit) in a plot more see-through than the dresses,with acting worse than a Kindergarten class program, this is your flick.
Just about everything else is straight out of the 1980's day time television as far as sophistication of the script and special effects.
The plot was derailed by the script and wooden lines.I suspect this was a good learning experience for everyone involved in the production and I look forward to seeing more.
Its pretty tough to find movies where the actress can sell her character as a fairy tale princess, many of them just 'blow it off' and that is pretty much what occurs in this movie.On the flip side of things the primary male characters got into their parts.
The wolf guy, Rumple and the Iron thing guy all did well with their characters, but unfortunately the princess quartet just brought down everything.
Short version: These "princesses" are not to be trifled with.Longer version: These five ladies kick butt, they look good doing it, and this film entertains anyone willing to suspend disbelief and accept that unbelievable stuff happens in an action/fantasy/sci-fi flick.This movie does get a little boring in the first 20-25 minutes or so, but once the action starts it simply does not stop.
The four princesses plus Red Riding Hood (yes, really) just...
Multiply that by four (five if you count Riding Hood), throw in a truly evil antagonist and his minions, and you have about 90 minutes of mindless entertainment.To be honest, I would love to see a sequel, or even to see this folded into the current Avengers franchise.
If you like all kinds of movies and you know what you're getting into, this movie is a lot of fun.Casper van Dien is having fun playing his role, Lou Ferrigno is impressive at 64 and the princesses are intentionally bitchy and thus work quite well, even though the performances were, um, all over the place.
The effects, the overall production value and especially the camera are great FOR THIS KIND OF MOVIE.If you're like me and you enjoy a movie despite OR especially because of the fact, that it has an IMDb rating below 3, give this one a try, it's one of the best of that kind..
This mash-up of Once Upon a Time and The Avengers definitely played out like a movie that wanted to go somewhere, but didn't quite have the oomph to pull it off.
All the actors suffered to a degree, attempting to squeeze out lines that might work whilst working with a director who clearly didn't care about performance quality enough to do a whole lot of retakes.Iron John (Lou Ferringo) was an excellent addition to this film's mythos, though his arc was a tad rushed.
The princesses are tolerable for their roles, but again, could have used some better acting coaching.
And the logistics of how the princesses would survive in our world are barely even mentioned outside of clothing choices.If you can tolerate some of the movie's shortcomings, however, it has a lot of great nods to the properties it shamelessly rips off.
Making Rapunzel a redhead instead of a blonde also struck me as an odd choice.This movie definitely wanted to be something.
Just don't count on this measuring up to any of Marvel's Avengers films any time soon..
This film is a very, very, very poor attempt to capitalize upon some of the ideas behind Once Upon A Time.
Casper Van Dien as Rumpelstiltskin is awful.
Watching paint dry is more exciting and a better use of your time.
Good film with entertaining characters.
Yeah the storyline might be slightly strange at one point, but overall Avengers Grimm is an entertaining tale of good versus evil.The main protagonists are all female, which for me makes the film stand out as for majority of films or TV shows the main characters are male.
It's good to see some strong female characters for once, who are both strong and attractive.As for villains, well everyone loves a good villain and Casper Van Dien plays a realistic performance as the sadistic, power crazed antagonist.
Stars : Casper Van Dien,Lou Ferrigno and Snow White,Rapunzel,Cinderella,Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.Write & Directed by : Jeremy M.
Inman Must admit,Have wanted to see this flick since it was announced.Not disappointed in the least,It has all The Mockbuster goodness,You would expect and more much more in exact dialogue 'That puts that tongue in that cheek' and Even a Avengers Hawkeye nod in plot that Rocked !
Casper as an oddly named villain is mucho over-the-top and enjoys every moment of his scenery chewing.Lou Ferrigno may have had that once in a career chance to shine, And he plays with gusto,Not seen in other Superheriocs by major studios.OK,Don't think a major spoiler that this looks like a franchise and a welcome one at that..
So the opening credits roll and I see Asylum, and already know its going to be bad...and the movie starts and what follows is some of the worst acting I've seen on screen, hell even the porn stars from the Bang Bros flicks have a better method.
The Grimm Fairy tale princesses are not necessarily any like you've see before nor particularly compelling to see.
The theme of the movie however is intriguing though its more likely the television series "Once Upon A Time" is probably a better audience hit.
The script while there is continuity doesn't really offer a lot of sense or sympathy, too much conflict for a team of princesses.
Very bad film, but it's enjoyable.
If we compare this film to another ones, it will be always a very bad-made movie.
A short and bad film, but as I said before, it's enjoyable.
If you have free time to spend, it is a good way to enjoy yourself a bit..
If you like action B movies then ignore the nay sayers.
This is a fun action flick worth the time if you like low budget action when your bored.OK the production values are low, but I have seen much lower.
All in all quite entertaining.Some people really don't know how to dial done there expectations and enjoy a cheap theatrical type movie.
A real snooze fest!Wanted to root for the heroes but they just act like royal idiots.Snow White is just a privileged little brat that I wanted to slap myself.Only Red gives a little life to the movie probably because she is not a royal.
This film is pure fantasy, but as it never pretends to be anything else you can forget about little things like the laws of physics.
- and brought up to date.There is a principal bad guy, five good guys who happen to be gals showing plenty of cleavage and refusing to be damselled, there is plenty of action, and sex appeal without any sex to speak of.
And there is redemption for one character who although a nominal villain is really anything but.Okay, it isn't for everyone, but the soundtrack isn't too bad, likewise the special effects.
My new personal favorite princess action movie!.
Avengers Grimmis one of the best action princess movie of the year.
The evil Rumpelstiltskin needs an unwilling Snow White to open up a portal leading to the real world.
Snow White has no option due to his threats and she opens the portal.
Once the other princesses, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, find out what happened they have to go find Snow White and kill Rumpelstiltskin in order to end the war and stop his plan for world domination.In the first ten minutes of the film the entire story is set up very well and all the characters that are critical to the story are introduced.
The visual effects, acting, conflict, and watching the princesses kick some serious ass, will have your engaged in the film and all the way till the last second.
Jeremy shared that when he demanded specific shots that John always accomplished it and numerous times improved the shot.Regarding the cast, Jeremy was very fortunate to work with the exquisite princesses that made up Team Unicorn, Rileah Vanderbilt (Rapunzel), MilynnSarley (Cinderella), Lauren Parkinson (Snow White), Marah Fairclough (Sleeping Beauty), Elizabeth Peterson (Red)and Casper Van Dien did an outstanding job as Rumpelstiltskin.
An additional character that significantly increases the entertainment value is Iron John that was played the one and only Lou Ferrigno.
Who at one point revisits his Hulk days and wears body paint.When Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty find Snow White in the real world, Snow White has already adapted to modern life and styles.
Snow White has to get the princesses accustomed to the current times so they blend in.Meanwhile, Rumpelstiltskin's plan of taking over the world is in full swing and he already has the police force under his control.The movie does an excellent job at maintaining and increasing the conflict.
There are well placed roadblocks in the story as Rumpelstiltskin consistently ramps things up and conjures up bigger and more dangerous creatures to stop the princesses.
When they get within striking distance to take out Rumpelstiltskin, the action intensifies and there are well-choreographed fight scenes that alone make the film worth watching.All the fights scenes took a lot of time and careful preparation.
Then Daniel along with his team built a lot of depth into the action during the filming.
To stop Rumpelstiltskin, each princess has to take on their own battle and if any of them fail, Rumpelstiltskin will dominate both worlds.
Defeating him will include personal sacrifices.The movie flies by because from start to finish the princesses, evil creatures, thugs, and power hungry Rumpelstiltskin will keep you engaged and highly entertained.With so much going on, Avengers Grimm can be re-watched multiple times and you may catch details you missed the first time around.
It's OBVIOUSLY a response to Once Upon A Time, but all of the female leads look like they just got off of a porn shoot, and their acting was just as mindless!
At least their version of Sleeping Beauty had actors with substance, a decent story, and they didn't derail their own train by trying to take on a GIANT Disney franchise!
I love my Sci-fi, and will at least try the movies (specially if I'm bored).
Poor actor who are either really really desperate, or don't know a good script if they see one.
Some TV-shows are known for having bad actors in main characters.
So if you want to indulge yourself with a suck-fest, this is your movie.
The princesses are very action oriented and throw around amazing magical powers but do little more than spew horrid lines and look attractive.
There was a little money put into the film for the effects budget, i'll give it that..
WARGING POSSIBLE SPOILERS:OS= Doesn't even Begin to Hold A Candle to ABC's Once Upon A Time Dearies Pros = 1= At Least It Is a Girl Power Female Empowerment Movie Cons = 1= Giving it a 2 feels a little too Generous (Please Read The Pro Section)2= Constant Camera Shaking3= Robert Carlyle From ABC's Once Upon A Time makes A LOT BETTER Rumplestilskin 4= This Movie's Rumplastlskin has absolutely have NO Motivation what so ever.
At least the Motive with Robert Carlyle's Version (ABC's Once Upon A Time) has some kind of Motive on the Show.
9= The Character Relationships and The Movie as a Whole was Grinchy and Unconvincing At Best.
13= I Don't know which is worse Snow White And The Huntsmen or.....This?
CS= Stay Away From This Less Than Piece Of Trash, Instead Watch Buy If You Have To ABC's Once Upon A Time it is Infinitely Far More Superior.