Brothers Grimm, The (2005)
Dimension Films
Color 118 min

Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Stormare, Mackenzie Crook, Monica Bellucci

Plot: The twist is that the brothers aren’t writers, but con artists, who employ one brother’s knowledge of regional legend, and the other’s good looks and charisma, to scam small villages for small fortunes. They’d usually do this by staging a series of hauntings that would startle the villagers enough to want to hire the brothers to rid the supernatural foe.

While the brothers are scamming, France is busy trying to occupy parts of Germany. This somehow causes paths to cross, and land the Grimms in hot water with French military leader, Delatombe. He hires an Italian mercenary named Cavaldi to hunt and bring the brothers in. Before we know it, Delatombe sends the brothers to a small northern village where these mystical things are happening; all hell breaks loose; and the brothers discover that not all things supernatural are of their doing.