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Cedric Nicolas-TroyanCinematography:
Phedon PapamichaelComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Nick Frost, Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon, Alexandra Roach, Sam Claflin, Colin Morgan (more)VOD (3)
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Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White's blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom. With Freya's ability to freeze any enemy, the young ice queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of deadly huntsmen-including Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and warrior Sara (Jessica Chastain) - only to find that her prized two defied her one demand: Forever harden your hearts to love. When Freya learns of her sister's demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she discovers Ravenna can be resurrected from its golden depths, the wicked sisters threaten this enchanted land with twice the darkest force it's ever seen. Now, their amassing army shall prove undefeatable... unless the banished huntsmen who broke their queen's cardinal rule can fight their way back to one another. (Universal Pictures US)
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Basically the same fantasy average that wants to be above average, just like last time. Even having Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Charlize Theron in one film does not mean that it will be a good film. Not that I was offended by The Huntsman, but somehow I was still waiting for something really big to happen... And then came the end of the story. I was really pleased with the way in which the filmmakers (did not) bring the character of Snow White to the film, because this confirmed that Jára Cimrman and his Hamlet without Hamlet was once again ahead of its time.
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The castle scenes in Winter’s War were copied and pasted from the first instalment and the scenes in the woods looked like they were taken from a cheap TV fairytale. There are no other scenes and as a whole it suffers from a hopelessly contrived script and either half-baked or simply failed direction. The poor quality of Winter’s War is in stark contrast to the A-list cast.
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I was puzzled when the sequel was announced because it wasn't immediately clear what the continuation would entail. After watching it, it's quite apparent that it was a marketing move. The first installment was captivating, and similar films are trending now, so they churn out a quickie with interesting actors and an uninteresting script, and it will target a wide audience. This is boring.
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I got what I expected. And even though I wasn't expecting much, it's actually good. The Huntsman: Winter's War doesn't surprise with anything, certainly not with the story and twists, but as a fairy tale fantasy one-shot it's pretty good. Mostly because of the cast. Chris Hemsworth fits the role of the axe-wielding brawler and doesn't push him into any great acting, Charlize Theron enjoys the baddie, Emily Blunt manages to inspire both fear and pity (within the confines of the genre, of course), and Jessica Chastain is sexy even when she's chopping people's arms off. The visual effects are quite good and there is always something happening on screen during the less than two hours, so boredom doesn't set in and that voice that whispers that you are actually watching a completely useless movie is never so loud that you have to take it seriously. Overall, it comes out to be two hours of above average easygoing entertainment with a solid amount of skillfully filmed action and a fine adventure atmosphere. Only the dwarf humor misses the mark a bit. Overall, nothing great, but a pretty good film that stands up more or less without problems next to the first one.
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I liked Hunter sequel similarly to the first one. The pacing is perfect, the action is stylish, the visuals are solid and the cast is very very good, featuring Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, a great quartet and quite possibly the strongest female line-up in a long time. Story-wise the film could have been more polished, it doesn't offer a proper twist, but again I didn't find it purposefully naive like Gods of Egypt or similar fantasy stuff. I had a good time. 75%
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