Review: The confusion of the Witch Hunters  Posted by CB Droege
The opening of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters moves fast, but
does a good job of placing the characters.  After that, however,
the film goes downhill, and even manages to forget that we
already experienced a well-established backstory.  The tale may
take place in the past, but the film doesn't even try to be a
period piece. The only place the setting exists is in the sets.
Everything else, from the technology to the language to the
social morality, is entirely - and blatantly - anachronistic.
It makes one wonder why they didn’t just set the story in a
modern, rural, European village. Almost nothing would have been
different outside the sets, and it would have made a lot more
sense when the characters use modern swear words, understand
modern medicine, wield modern weapons, etc.  The many
anachronisms weren’t the only holes in the plot, however. There
were also several guns, literally in some cases, that Chekov
would have taken issue with, like