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A family of archeologists hunt down artifacts from fairy tales that have been hidden around the globe.
More than most. Magic and mistaken identity push it well past the usual Hallmark template — the strangest 12% of everything we've logged.
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The quirks and curveballs that make this one a little weirder than your average Hallmark. No spoilers, promise.
Here’s everything this one has going on, from the setting to the way it wraps up. Tap any of the 20 to find more movies that do the same thing.
This is Hallmark trying its hand at a globe-trotting fantasy adventure, and the swing alone earns its weirdness of 7. Victor Garber and Michelle Forbes play parents who turn out to be warrior-scientists in a secret society that hunts down dangerous fairy-tale artifacts, and when they vanish, their sons team up with Alexa PenaVega to chase the shards of a magic mirror that supposedly caused the Dark Ages. A villain who is a descendant of Medusa is somewhere in the mix. The rating is a soft 4.9, so set expectations accordingly, but as a curio it is a wild change of pace and a fun bad-movie-night pick.
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Opening
Carter and Jordyn Flynn are betrayed and go missing in Thailand while hunting a shard of the magic mirror.
Inciting Incident
Paxton and Tripp are attacked by fake Interpol agents and rescued by Dylan, who reveals their parents are 'Hunters.'
Midpoint
The group retrieves a shard from a booby-trapped cave in the Rocky Mountains using a vibrating crystal and map coordinates.
Turning Point
The team discovers the third shard is hidden in a glass slipper in a Boston museum, but family friend Mason Fuller reveals he is the villain.
Climax
In the Wolf's Tomb in Germany, Mason completes the mirror and is turned to stone by his own reflection after wishing to be a Gorgon.
Resolution
Jordyn destroys the mirror to prevent its evil from spreading and the family heads to Peru to find Carter.
20 tropes in one movie
We counted 20 distinct Hallmark tropes packed into this one — a genuine greatest-hits reel.
The Hunters is a 2013 American science fantasy adventure television film directed by Nisha Ganatra from a screenplay by Matthew Huffman and Jeffrey Schechter, based on the graphic novel Mirror Mirror by Joshua Williamson. The film stars Robbie Amell and Alexa Vega. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on October 25, 2013.
Where this one’s rating lands against every other rated Hallmark movie.
Among the lower-rated Hallmark movies — the median is 6.4.
The corners of the catalog The Hunters belongs to — handy if you’re after more of the same.
The lines that stuck with us — the ones you’ll be repeating after the credits roll.
“Find and protect. Never use.”
“A hunter's strength comes from his or her family.”
“Mirror, mirror, restore to me, the power of Gorgos.”
Who’s who before you press play. Nothing here gives the ending away.
Aspiring Sailor / Hunter
Hunter
Former romantic interest and partner
Billionaire / Leader of the Krugen
Family friend and traitor
Student
Brother
Hunter
Mother
The Hunters is available via Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and The Roku Channel. Streaming options change often, so check current availability before settling in.
The Hunters runs about 1 hour and 25 minutes, and was released in 2013.
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