"The Huntsman: Winter's War" (movie critique)

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER WAR
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Well, the Friday Movie Mavens and The Travelling Toe went to see the fantasy movie "The Huntsman: Winter's War". This movie is like a prequel to "Snow And The Huntsman" that was in the movie theaters in 2012.  Several of us had seen that first effort and decided to find how this one evolved....plus we always enjoy looking at handsome hunk Chris Hemsworth (Eric)!  The prequel part tells the story of Ravenna, the Evil Queen, her sister, Freya, the Ice Queen and the magic mirror.

Freya was the sweet sister at one time, who fell in love with Andrew, the Duke of Blackwood.  From that love affair she had a beautiful baby girl.  She and Andrew were planning to run away with the baby, but the baby girl was killed and Freya was lead to believe that Andrew had killed their baby. The anger and grief unleashed Freya's hidden power - that of cold, ice and snow.  

She and Ravenna parted .ways with Freya going north to build an ice empire. She did that by raIding the villages and taking the children who became "her" children and trained them to be warriors. That is how Eric came to be a Huntsman, he was taken from his family. There he meet and fell in love with Sara another warrior.  But love was forbidden and they were punished by a death sentence.  But were they?

Well, Dear Readers, this is a fairy tale and the heroes must survive and reunite!

During the time that Eric is on his own in the woods, mourning Sara, is the time he met the dwarfs and Snow White.  And eventually restoring Snow White to the throne and killing Ravenna...or was she?

The magic mirror was making Snow White sick so it was taken from the palace to be transported to a sanctuary for protection.  Along the trail the soldiers were killed and the mirror stolen by goblins.  Eric, Sara and the rest of the motley crew defeated the goblins only to be.ambushed by Freya and her warriors.  Back at her ice palace, she utters a spell that causes the mirror to spew forth a golden liquid that turns into Ravenna. Now the sisters are reunited and are a formidable evil duo

Can Eric,Sara, the dwarfs and friends save the kingdom?  Will the happy ending really happen?  Are the evil sisters vanquished?  Well, Dear Readers, you will just have to find out for yourself.

The costumes for the 2 sisters were absolutely dazzling.  The settings for the story were inventive and the fight scenes where exciting and heart pounding.  Plus the CGI world of ice and snow made us shiver!

CAST

Chris Hemsworth
Eric - the Huntsman

Jessica Chastain
Sara - the Warrior

Emily Blunt
Freya - the Ice Queen

Charlize Theron
Ravenna - the Evil Queen

The Travelling Toe gives this movie one 2nd toe up if she had one, so will have to settle for the middle toe with an ice cold Slurpee!....brrr....brr...brain freeze!!!!

Disclaimer:  The Travelling Toe is not a professional critic and any opinions expressed are for entertainment purposes only.