Charlize Theron and her “evil” sorceress sister (Emily Blunt)
A battle between love and evil
CHRIS Hemsworth (“Thor”) stars in this continuation to 2012’s “Snow White and the Huntsman” where he must once again take up shield and sword to do battle against the “evil” but beautiful sorceress queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron).
Let’s just stop here for a second.
If you have not watched the first “Snow White and the Huntsman” film, you will be completely bewildered as to what is going on.
So was I.
But when the first film rakes in close to $400 million at the global box office on a budget of $170 million, you just know the greedy little pencil pushers in Hollywood can’t wait for another chance at box office gold.
Except this time Kristen Stewart (Snow White) had the good taste not to show up for this retread. Hemsworth was first in line for an increased payday along with Theron who both sleepwalk their way through this simply dreadful 144-minute film.
And yes, I must say it—the rail thin Theron, 41, is looking puffy in the cheeks as age is not being kind to her.
Yes, you have to suspend belief, or at least have a head splitting migraine to understand what is going on. At least in the first film, you can see the twist the then director Rupert Sanders gave to his reported off screen lover Stewart when Hemsworth’s Huntsman was ordered to take Miss White into the woods and chop off her dainty little head.
Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman and Jessica Chastain as Sara in a scene from “The Huntsman:
Winter’s War”
Instead Snow White arranges for an uprising as the Huntsman both protects and helps to mentor her as she vanquishes the “evil” queen.
Sigh.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is NOT “The Lord of the Rings” we are talking about here. The cinematography and special effects are atrocious in this hackneyed continuation.
To this day I have no idea if “The Huntsman: Winter War” is a prequel, a sequel or something completely different.
Chris Hemsworth
You too, no doubt, will prepare to go screaming into the night, or at least running to the concession stand for a cold drink, as this time a both Theron and her “evil” sorceress sister (Emily Blunt) prepare to lay waste to the countryside, we have the noble Huntsman and his childhood sweetheart and would-be lover, Sara (Jessica
Chastain) double team up to stop them.
Yuck!
I did say this is not a story about little Frodo and the Hobbits as you too will come to the immediate conclusion that none of it really matters.
I was hoping against hope that Theron’s “evil” Ravenna would stab the Huntsman in the heart at the film’s 11-minute mark and end this dreadful series right then and there.
Hope springs eternal.
I did say that Theron looks dreadful and long in the tooth, didn’t I?
Emily Blunt as Freya and Charlize Theron as Ravenna
Oh goodness, she is awful.
Hemsworth is equally to blame as he brings absolutely nothing to this role. Look into his left and you will see all he was thinking about was his next role in “Thor 3” and the forthcoming massive Avenger’s two-part Infinity Wars project.
Thankfully, “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” will not be in theaters very long.
You can trust me when I say—you won’t have missed much.
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