100 Movie Challenge 2016 - # 51: The Huntsman: Winter's War

Director: Cedic Nicolas-Troyan
Genre: Adventure/ Action/ Fantasy/ Drama
Runtime: 114 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Nick Frost, Sam Claflin

Description: As a war between rival queen sisters Ravenna (Charlize Theron) and Freya (Emily Blunt) escalates, Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and fellow warrior Sara (Jessica Chastain), members of the Huntsmen army raised to protect Freya, try to conceal their forbidden love as they combat Ravenna's wicked intentions.

Review: “Snow White and the Huntsman” was four years ago successful enough that Universal was already planning a sequel. Rupert Sanders was going to direct and Kristen Stewart was going to star again. Because of an affaire between the two, that sequel was postponed. They still wanted to continue the franchise and they decided to make a spin-off focusing on huntsman Eric. Chris Hemsworth is an actor people love to see and who needs Snow White?
Because the huntsman wasn’t a very meaningful character in the original fairytale, we also get an evil ice queen and queen Ravenna returns. Snow White’s absence is solved by setting the story in a different fantasy world. The story is set before and after Snow White’s kingdom and they told it in a way we don’t need to see the actual character.
First we see the history of ice queen Freya and her sister Ravenna. And then we are introduced to the Huntsman Eric and warrior Sara. Freya trains an army of children to become huntsmen. Eric and Sara are her best warriors. The two fall in love, which is a sin in Freya’s kingdom. Sara is killed and Eric is supposed to die too. He survives and escape to the south. Then we skip to seven years later after all the happenings in “Snow White and the Huntsman”. Eric has to find Ravenna’s mirror, before Freay gets her hands on it.
Chris Hemsworth doesn’t have to do a lot to entertain me and I liked him in “The Huntsman: Winter’s War”. He had good chemistry with Jessica Chastain and her character is strong and fun. Emily Blunt is a believable evil queen and although Charlize Theron already proved that, she does a solid job again.
Is “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” a great film? No, but it’s very entertaining, has the right length, it looks stunning and has a good cast. I have to honest that I expected a bit more, but it’s still an enjoyable film.

Rating: 3/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (214)

Here are this weeks trailers.

The Huntsmen Winter's War

Description: The sisters, Freya (Emily Blunt) and Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron), live together until the Ice Queen gets her heart broken by a man. Devastated, she flees from the kingdom and builds an icy empire as she assembled a legion of huntsmen. The deadly pack of warriors includes Eric (Chris Huntsman) and Sara (Jessica Chastain), who were reprimanded to follow one rule from the cold-hearted queen: "forever harden your hearts to love." However, Freya's most beloved warriors defied her rules, as they fell in love, and she banished Eric and Sara into the wilderness.Fast forward into the Snow White plot, the Ice Queen learns that her sister has been killed and demanded her soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror to a sorceress who has the ability to harness its power. Freya learns that her sister can be resurrected and together, they come back for a deeply dark retaliation by combining their disastrous forces.As the wicked sisters plan for vengeance together with their seemingly formidable troops, the two huntsmen will reunite and try to conquer the dark forces.

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Nick Frost

Trailer: Trailer "The Huntsman Winter's War"

Comment: Four of my favorites in one movie!!!!!

A Monster Calls

Description: A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.

Director: J.A. Bayona

Starring: Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell,

Trailer: Trailer "A Monster Calls"

Comment: Curious about this film.

Midnight Special

Description: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Director: Jeff Nichols

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard

Trailer: Trailer "Midnight Special"

Comment: Can't wait to see this.

The Benefactor

Description: A philanthropist (Richard Gere) meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.

Director: Andrew Renzi

Starring: Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James

Trailer: Trailer "The Benefactor"

Comment: An Indie with Rochard Gere.

How to Be Single

Description: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

Director: Christian Ditter

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacey

Trailer: Trailer "How to Be Single"

Comment: Rebel Wilson as the awkward single chick, that's new!