This spin off the popular Brothers Grimm tale maintains a gruesome image while sliding in under lying messages to warn children. The big one being a hint at Hansel's "condition" which requires him to take a shot every so often or face some sort of debilitating chest pain that eventually leads to death, this condition came from eating way to much sugar as a child. Another being that pretty witches equal good witches. At least thats how it holds for Gretel and Mina. Also a man can only loose his dignity in trees, fun fact. Plus persistence pays off!Aside from those few details I would like to discuss the overall plot, which really holds its own. Relatively no plot holes to speak of. The premise being that Hansel and Gretel have grown into famous witch hunters and they have traveled all of the land, Germany, in order to burn every last witch. Eventually taking them back to there home town. Over eleven children have gone missing in the past few weeks and Mina has been accused of taking them, Gretel and Hansel dispel those beliefs that Witches rot from the mouth out and Mina showed no such signs. They hunt and collectively kick witch ass, with the sexiest steam punky weapons. One particular one even being named "Mi Shelles" which was not okay, but totally okay. Then they find another Witch who they begin to interrogate, when Muriel and and her servant come to collect the last child. Hansel and Gretel are separated and both get wrecked. Leading Hansel to loose his dignity in a tree and Gretel to meet Edward the Troll, who calls her a witch? The sibling recanting at an abandoned home, where they face Muriel in her evil story telling of how she required the heart of a White Witch, like Gretel's mother and now they were after her. Hansel is once again left to face a hoard of Witches with Mina, the good witch and Ben the fanboy. Together they defeat the Witches and Muriel at the house of sweets where it all began...
