Synopsis
The sequel to the 2012 film, "Snow White and The
Huntsman" sees the Huntsman taking on a more prominent role with more
detail on his tortured backstory and with new characters introduced.
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.
Freya the Ice Queen (Emily Blunt) brings her sister Ravenna
(Charlize Theron) back to life, and the powerful evil siblings plan to conquer
the Enchanted Forest. Only the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and his secret lover
Sara (Jessica Chastain) can stop them in this sequel continuing the inventive
twist on the Snow White fable.
With a wrap around narrative that never really strikes a balance between past and present, all that axe-flinging, ice-casting action makes a modest impact.
ReplyDeleteIf all else fails, at least it’s a movie smart enough to know that, frankly, you can’t beat Charlize Theron, covered in gold, shooting lethal spiky tentacles out of her midriff.
It's a film too violent for children and too sentimental for adults.
ReplyDeleteI would say it is a film with no flaws on the visual aspect, but many on its narrative.
The magic phrase should be rephrase as, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which tedious sequel is yet to bore?".
ReplyDeleteThe film has a great cast, where Charlize Theron stands out, just because she is the perfect for the role, but Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain are wasted in their roles and the plot is at best mediocre.
ReplyDeleteThis is better than the last film.
There are plenty of fantasy action violence and some sensuality in this movie, which will likely be too intense for young fairy tale fans. Parents need to know about the movie before allowing their child for the show.
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