“The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is both a prequel and a sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman,” and if that sounds confusing and unnecessary, well, welcome to the movie. Show Snow White (Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film) is gone from both the title and the film, but the evil queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) is back (and back again, which will make sense once you’ve seen the film). The Huntsman, also known as Eric (Chris Hemsworth), returns as well. New additions include Emily Blunt as Queen Freya and Jessica Chastain as Sara, a huntswoman, as it were. “There is another story, one you have not yet seen,” a narrator explains (threatens?) at the outset. (It’s an uncredited Liam Neeson.) This one involves more treachery from Ravenna, who kills off yet another royal husband and takes over another kingdom (this is before the Snow White story takes place). Her sister Freya is on hand, but doesn’t seem to have the cutthroat ambition — literal, you’d assume, if need be — of Ravenna. Freya is more romantic, and finds herself pregnant. Unspeakable tragedy ensues, and she grows cold. Like, Queen Elsa in “Frozen” cold. She freezes things with her newfound supernatural powers, which evidently run in the family. She heads north to run her own kingdom and sets about conquering others. Freya likes to steal children from villages, train them to be great warriors and forbid them from showing or feeling love. It’s not exactly Disneyland over at her place. Two of these children grow up to be Eric and Sara, the best fighters and, not for nothing, the ones with movie-star good looks. They fall for each other, but Freya can’t abide that. She punishes them, each in their own way, and seven years pass, during which time Ravenna meets her fate at the hands of Snow White. Meanwhile the magic mirror goes missing, and everyone knows that if Freya gets her hands on it, that’s the end of life as we know it, or something. Eric is the best tracker in Snow White’s kingdom, where he’s now living in hiding, so he’s called in to find the mirror. He gets help, mostly of a comical nature, from dwarf brothers Nion (Nick Frost) and Gryff (Rob Brydon). Along the way they pick up two more dwarves: Mrs. Bromwyn (Sheridan Smith) and Doreena (Alexandra Roach). The back-and-forth banter from these four is a highlight. Help also arrives from an unexpected source – well, not really unexpected, but I’ll play along with the surprise. The ultimate Big Bad is maybe supposed to be surprising, too, though you usually don’t throw a bunch of big names into the opening credits without getting your money’s worth from them. It’s all too much without ever turning into much at all. We’re girding for a fight, we know this. The rest is nice-looking preparation. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, nominated for an Oscar for visual effects in “Snow White and the Huntsman,” takes over as director, his first feature in that capacity. He has trouble making the disjointed pieces of Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin’s script fit together neatly, though that would have been a tough job even for a seasoned veteran. But, like the first film, the visuals are gorgeous and the costumes extravagant. As befits the modern fairy tale, there isn’t so much a happily ever after as there is the promise of another sequel. Or prequel. Or whatever they come up with to take the Snow White concept to the bank one … more … time. Wait, are fairy tales supposed to end on a scary note? Reach Goodykoontz at . Facebook: facebook.com/GoodyOnFilm. Twitter: twitter.com/goodyk. ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ • Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. • Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron. • Rating: PG-13 for fantasy action violence and some sensuality. The Huntsman: Winter's War [1] is a 2016 British-American dark fantasy action-adventure film and is a prequel/sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman based on the characters from the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm as well as "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. It is the directing debut of Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who acted as visual effects supervisor on the first film and is written by Craig Mazin, Martin Solibakke and Evan Spiliotopoulos. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Nick Frost and Sam Claflin reprising their roles, along with newcomers Emily Blunt, Rob Brydon and Jessica Chastain. Principal photography began on April 6, 2015. The film is scheduled to be released on April 22, 2016. Plot[]Long before dying at the hands of Snow White, the evil Queen Ravenna ruled as the fairest in the land. But when her younger sister, the kind and loving Freya, gives birth to a baby girl destined to vanquish Ravenna as the most beautiful in the kingdom, Ravenna destroys the child, drowning Freya in grief and resulting in her gaining deadly power over cold and ice, becoming known as the Ice Queen. Determined by the ice around her broken heart, she leaves and Freya builds an army, training warriors from a young age to fight for her cause and asking of them only one thing: forever harden your hearts to love. As her warriors grew, Freya learns that the Huntsman and his lover, Sara, have betrayed the only rule they were supposed to follow and banished them from her army, tricking them with her powers. Unknown to her, Eric survives and helps Snow White in defeating her sister, Ravenna. Years later, when Freya learns of her sister's demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she resurrects Ravenna from the Mirror's golden depths, the wicked sister threatens this enchanted land with twice the darkness it's ever seen. Now, her amassing army shall prove unbeatable unless Freya can get the banished Huntsman and the warrior who broke their Queen's cardinal rule to fight their way back to one another. Cast[]
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Is Snow White and the Huntsman a sequel?The Huntsman: Winter's War
Should I watch Snow White and the Huntsman first?That's because The Huntsman: Winter's War acts as both a prequel and a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. The new film starts off in the past, before Snow White's time, so you don't really need to have seen the first one to get that portion of the film.
What comes first Snow White and the Huntsman or the Huntsman Winter War?What Parents Need to Know. Parents need to know that The Huntsman: Winter's War is both a prequel and sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, following the origin story of how Eric (Chris Hemsworth) became a huntsman.
What is the relationship between Snow White and the Huntsman?William has been best friends with Snow White since they were children. He admired her bravery and kindness and may have had a mutual crush on her, though as he was only a child, it was probably not serious (at least initially).
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