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| The Huntsman: Winter's War - 2016 |
Coming up next we have 2016's "The Huntsman: Winter's War", the sequel to "Snow White And The Huntsman". In this installment, we discover the origins of the huntsman and what happened before and following "happily ever after".
The film's cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Sheridan Smith, Alexandra Roach, Sam Claflin, and Liam Neeson.
As we focus in on the Magic Mirror, the Narrator begins our story: "What does a mirror show you? What do you see? An oft told tale. That of Snow White, how she vanquished
the evil Queen Ravenna and took her rightful place on the throne. But there is another story. One you have not yet seen. One that comes long before happily ever
after."
With the Magic Mirror at her side, Queen Ravenna lies claim to kingdom after kingdom, her power always growing. Her sister, Freya, is always by her side.
Freya falls in love, and Ravenna begins to get jealous, wanting nothing to stand in the way of her relationship with her sister.
Eventually, Freya becomes pregnant and plans to run away with her lover after the baby is born. Ravenna is not happy. "You know much, Ravenna, but you do not know all," says Freya. "I'm afraid I do," replies Ravenna.
Unbeknownst to Freya, Ravenna engineers a series of circumstances that sees Freya's lover killing their child. Freya is so overcome with grief that magic awakens inside her and she kills her lover, becoming the Ice Queen.
In her grief, Freya builds an army and conquers the lands of the north, turning them into a frozen wasteland.
She takes the children of the villagers away from them and turns them into a highly trained force of huntsmen. When they first come to her, Freya tells them she has only one law. "Do not love! It's a sin, and I'll not forgive it."
Two of the children in Freya's keep are Eric and Sara. They grow to become the greatest of the huntsmen. As adults, they fall in love and secretly marry.
Freya is extremely upset when she finds out at Eric and Sara's betrayal of her only law.
She causes a wall of ice to come between them. On opposite sides, Eric witnesses Sara's death at the hands of Freya's commander.
Eric is ordered to be killed. However, the commander beats him up and throws his body into a mighty rushing river instead.
Seven years later, Queen Freya's lands and power grow, while Queen Ravenna is defeated by Snow White and Eric the huntsman.
While out patrolling the forest one day, Eric is met by King William, Snow White's husband, who tells him that the Magic Mirror has gone missing, and Snow White is gravely ill because of the magic that the mirror still possesses.
Freya greatly desires the mirror, as it will give her much more power than she already has.
Eric agrees to take the mirror to a sanctuary so it's power can't harm anyone. He's accompanied by two dwarfs, Nion and Gryff. Along the way, he is surprised to bump into Sara, his wife whom he thought dead. Apparently, on her side of the wall of ice that separated them, Sara witnessed Eric abandon her and run away. The two of them reconcile and join forces.
In her frozen kingdom, Freya still mourns the loss of her baby, while she keeps a close watch on events.
Along the way to find the mirror, Eric and Sara and the two dwarfs bump into two more dwarfs, Mrs. Bromwyn and Doreena, who provide a bunch of comic relief to the group.
They find the missing mirror, and must battle some particularly fierce looking beings in order to take it.
The group takes the mirror to the outskirts of the sanctuary with plans to take it into the heart of the sanctuary the next day.
However, before the can continue their journey, Freya arrives with an army and takes the mirror for herself.
She hangs the mirror in her palace of ice and is shocked when she reads the writing engraved on the mirror's edge. Out of the mirror comes her sister Ravenna, who entered the mirror at her death, waiting to be released.
Ravenna instantly takes charge of things, sitting on her sister's throne and beginning to formulate a plan to take revenge on Snow White and her kingdom.
While initially pleased to see Ravenna again, Freya becomes resistant to the way Ravenna has taken over. "This is MY kingdom," she angrily tells Ravenna, who ignores her.
Eric and the group succeed in infiltrating Freya's palace. When Eric tries to kill her, he is stopped by Ravenna, whom he is shocked to see. "Hello, Eric, I've missed you," she tells him creepily.
Ravenna mounts an attack on Eric, who has also succeeded in turning Freya's army against her. Freya tells Ravenna to stop attacking her "children".
Freya also commands Ravenna to reveal some certain information. Afterwards, Freya finds out who truly was responsible for her child's death, and the truth couldn't be more horrifying to her.
While trying to freeze Ravenna to death, Freya is mortally injured by Ravenna.
With Freya incapacitated, Eric steps up to battle Ravenna. "Do you still believe that love conquers all?" asks Ravenna. Eric smiles and says, "Maybe not all. Just you."
Just before she dies, Freya freezes the mirror. Eric throws an axe into it and shatters it. Ravenna lets out a mighty scream and then disappears into a flurry of golden birds. What's left of her turns into a golden statue that crumbles.
Eric and Sara are free to be together, and the kingdoms that Freya and Ravenna laid waste to are restored.
Cast rundown:
Chris Hemsworth....................................Eric
Charlize Theron......................................Queen Ravenna
Emily Blunt............................................Queen Freya
Jessica Chastain.....................................Sara
Nick Frost..............................................Nion
Rob Brydon............................................Gryff
Sheridan Smith......................................Mrs. Bromwyn
Alexandra Roach....................................Doreena
Sam Claflin...........................................King William
Liam Neeson..........................................Narrator
And that's all for The Huntsman: Winter's War. This was the first sequel that Charlize Theron took part in. Initially, she was to be paid a lot less to reprise her role than Chris Hemsworth. Theron refused to sign onto the film unless she was paid the same as he was. Ultimately, the studio agreed to pay them both just over ten million dollars each.
In a post-credits scene, we find Snow White standing at a balcony, her back to the camera. A mysterious golden bird lands on the railing beside her.
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