Rating of
1/4
Unnecessary Sequel
Unknown - wrote on 05/10/16
'The Huntsman: Winter's War' might be 2016's most completely unnecessary sequel. Well, prequel/sequel. To continue 2012's 'Snow White and the Huntsman', the writers decided to add new characters that somehow existed before and during the first film. By doing so, they ret-con a lot of the first movie in order to have this story make some sense (which it doesn't). This major flaw permeates throughout to the point where it makes every plot point either nonsensical, or incredibly convenient. Everything comes off as a dumb cliche, lacking any originality. So much of the new characters, and their actions, are severely derivative of so many other fantasy franchises. I spent most of the runtime spotting blatant similarities to better material, instead of being engaged by the story at hand. This movie is just so lame and un-entertaining. Hemsworth and Theron are having fun, but everyone else is bland. The visuals look pretty. That's all I got. This was an empty experience and a total bore.
