Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Release Date: January 25, 2013Rating [ R ]
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Written By: Dante Harper, Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Famke Janssen, Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Peter Stormare Synopsis:
In this dark and twisted spin on the fairy tale, Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) are partners in bounty hunting who come a cross their greatest threat yet in a coven of witches kidnapping children from a village. It’s up to them to burn and behead the wicked when the hunters become the hunted.
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