The title
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters sounds a lot like another tale about heroes who help keep the supernatural at bay: the television series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While in no way a copycat of that show, director Tommy Wirkola may have taken a few hints from
Buffy creator Joss Whedon. Like
Buffy,
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters has an in-your-face ridiculous title, a steady flow of dryly delivered one-liners, and heroes with the fighting skills of a ninja. Films that leave no doubt that the people behind them are in on the joke are always a gamble: The joke has to be funny, after all, and a silly story is not necessarily good...
Released:
2013
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