Okay, I admittedly overlooked the movie violence rating for this movie. I was just scanning the plot lines. If 10 is a perfect family movie and a 1 is the worst thing possible, I would put this at about a 2 or 2 1/2. So, if that turns you off right there, or raises a red flag for you (better than the rating did for me) then you can just stop reading right there and skip this movie.
For me, the funny thing is this is one of those movies I'll have to not give an overall rating because it's not possible. Here's what I mean:
NEGATIVES: I don't see a necessity in slipping in even an occasional cuss word. For me it continues to be a sign of either a lack of writing skill to be able to avoid or a cheap shot to get a higher rating. Then there's the gore factor to this film. Okay, fight scenes in action movies don't bother me, say, 8 times out of 10. But I don't want to see it--the splatters I mean--and I don't want to hear it. The visual and audio gore to this film are huge downers for me. And on that basis, I'd give the film a 2 out of 5 rating. And, oh yeah, the unnecessary nudity scene. Yeah, that's not needed. I did mention this wasn't even remotely something for families, right?
POSITIVES; The problem is there are parts of this film I really like, parts that normally I would rate very highly. The mixture of present day qualities and characteristics thrown into a mostly medieval world is a fun mixture. There's the star-crazed "I'm a huge fan of yours" fan, hand-drawn missing kids' pictures on medieval milk bottles, guns are present yet cooking is done by open kettles over fire, and other here and there medieval style gizmo's and gadgets--the hand-pumped defibrillator or watches/timers.
Another positive is the story line. I enjoyed the twists and turns and the guess where we're going next. Hansel and Gretel have equal fighting billing--and it's as brother-sister instead of romantic hero and romantic heroine. (Not pushing this female around, but she's not any more over the top in her fighting than Hansel is--like I said, equal "billing"--and the fighting seems in keeping with this style of movie.)
Finally, the lead characters--one has an "Achilles heel"--it's the medieval-witch equivalent of being diabetic (for lack of a better word and because despite rewinding the movie, I couldn't make out the term being said). It added a little suspense to the action, added character to Hansel's character, and made him just a tick off of perfect; lead characters that aren't perfect, that have that Achilles heel, and that is worked in throughout the story is usually a HUGE draw for me. These positives together would normally lead me to give the movie a 5 out of 5 rating--a rating that is hard to come by for me.
So there you go. Equally a 2 and a 5 means I don't rate it at all.
Do I recommend the movie? Guess it depends on what you're looking for. Too bad they don't have more of this well done storyline and humor at a violence/sexuality rating that's a little less graphic. Too bad. 'cause I really liked some of those story scenes.
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