If you think you'll like this, you probably will.

I expected a bad movie, but I got a fun action movie with a surprising high amount of enjoyment. It is fast paced with good action. Yes the story is really thin, but that's to be expected from a movie like this. In the end the story was actually better than I expected it to be. Filled with cliché's and all, but enjoyable. Can't call it a bad movie.

The idea of adult Hansel & Gretel being in the witch-killing business is not bad, but the execution is. The movie is primarily dumb. If it was as funny as it is dumb, that would've been ok, but it wasn't. So what do we have: a cookie-cutter story, bad one-liners and shoddy special effects with bolt-on '3D-moments'. As I said, I liked the premise and some small ideas like Hansel suffering from diabetes. The rest is very forgettable.

I know... It is a bad movie, filled with clichés and so predictable. But it was fun! And it has blood and entrails, and a girl kicking ass. How was I suppose not to like it? But yeah, the CGI seemed a bit sketchy and the plot could be something better. I did like Gretel's character, it seemed somewhat feminist, and it was interesting to see Hansel with diabetes.

"Hansel and Gretel" doesn't care about chronology. It aims to please with cool, nearly futuristic guns, hand-to-hand combat with witches and a fair amount of creative kills. Common sense dictates that a movie featuring fairy tale characters will not be subject to the critical eye, so the ability to just have fun with "Hansel and Gretel" was not a problem. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton build a bond as brother and sister that makes you care about what happens to them. Famke Janssen is a formidable antagonist, unfortunately she is mostly seen in witch makeup. This moves along at breakneck speed. Its run time is brief and its almost all action. The "R" rating was surprising and it allowed for some gore that added impact. A "PG-13" rating would have dulled its appeal.