Snow White (Kristen Stewart) is the young daughter of King Magnus (Noah Huntley). During her childhood, she falls in in love with Prince Charmant (Sam Claflin), son of Duke Charmant, her father's most trusted knight. After Snow White's mother (Liberty Ross) dies, the King marries Ravenna (Charlize Theron), a beautiful Gypsy girl who was forced to leave her village and marry him. Before Ravenna left, her mother, a witch, made her invincible using a potion of the blood of the fairest of the land, who, at the time, was Ravenna. That means that only the fairest can destroy her. As punishment for helping the King to capture her, Ravenna orders Duke Charmant and his son to leave the castle.
Snow White grows into the fairest of the land, and, upon learning of this through the magic mirror, Ravenna orders her men to kill the King and Snow White, but she is able to escape and hide in the nearby woods. Ravenna orders her men to find Eric, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and have him capture Snow White.
Eric's wife, Sara, was murdered by a shapeshifting white wolf, and he's obssesed in killing it ever since. He captures beautiful young women and sells them to Ravenna's men, who lead them to the castle, where Ravenna imprisions them in a steel sarcophagus that drains them of their beauty and youth. Ravenna drinks a liquid made of it to maintain hers. Eric and Ravenna were once lovers, and she convinces him to capture Snow White by offering to tell him the white wolf's wherebounds.
Eric captures Snow White, who discovers what Ravenna promised him, and reveals the white wolf serves her. Ravenna reveals that Sara was once the fairest of the land, and, not having discovered how to extract somone's beauty at the time, she ordered the white wolf to eliminate Sara. Infuriated, Eric destroys Ravenna's device and escapes into the Dark Forest with Snow White, vowing to take her to Prince Charmant, who, upon learning of her disappearance, leaves to search for her.
Ravenna's men refuse to enter the Dark Forest, so she sends a team of mercenaries led by Eric's old rival Finn (Sam Spruell) to kill both. Unable to survive alone in the Dark Forest, which is filled with magical creatures, Snow White is trained by Eric. They eventually arrive at a small village ruled by Anna (Rachel Stirling). All women have disfigured themselves to escape from Ravenna, and give the two shelter, but Finn and his band locate them and a battle ensues, in which Eric discovers that Snow White is the only one that can defeat Ravenna.
The two escape and take shelter with Eric's old friends, the Eight Dwarfs Caesar (Ian McShane), Nero (Steven Graham), Constantine (Bob Hoskins), Hadrian (Eddie Marsan), Trajan (Ray Winstone), Claudius (Toby Jones), Tiberius (Eddie Izzard) and Augustus (Nick Frost). They were once hunters who were exiled from the kingdom by Ravenna, who manipulated Eric into betraying them and helping her, and now work as miners in the Icelands. Eric tries to convince them to help him attack the castle and destroy Ravenna, while Prince Charmant finds Snow White and they reunite. Eric and Charmant become rivals, with Eric insisting that Snow White must stay and fight, while Charmant tries to hide her in his father's state.
Their plans are interrupted by the arrival of Finn and his men, who have joined forces with dark fairies. In the ensuing battle, Eric discovers that Finn is the white wolf, and that Ravenna intents to marry the ruthless King Bloodaxe, leader of the Dark Army. If that happens, darkness will sweep the lands. Meanwhile, Charmant defeats the Fairy Captain and August sacrifices himself to destroy the other fairies. Snow White, blaming herself, decides to commit suicide in order to stop Ravenna's pursuit, but Eric stops her and tells her what he had learned from Finn about Ravenna's magic. Believing Eric to having been using her to get revenge against Ravenna, Snow White runs away while Eric and Charmant butt heads.
One of Finn's men returns to the castle and tells Ravenna of what happened. She uses sorcery to transform herself into a hideous old crone and creatures an apple poisoned by dark chemicals. She then transforms into a flock of ravens and locates the delirious Snow White. She offers her the apple, and, once Snow White bites it, she dies. Ravenna reverts to her normal self and leaves for her wedding. Meanwhile, Eric is convinced by Charmant to depart with the Dwarfs to ambush King Bloodaxe's wedding caravan headed for Ravenna's kingdom, while he searches for Snow White, carrying an old Dwarf healing potion with himself. He eventually finds her and drinks the potion, which he passes to her with a kiss, awakening her. They declare their love for one another and ride to Duke Charmant's state, where the Prince demands horses and men from his father.
Meanwhile, Eric and the Dwarfs are captured by King Bloodaxe and his men, and Eric is imprisioned with the many women he sold out. He apologizes and helps them escape, giving them weapons stolen from Ravenna's men. They raid the castle and release the dwarfs, confronting the soldiers while Snow White and Prince Charmant lead Duke Charmant's army into battle against King Bloodaxe's and Ravenna's combined forces.
Prince Charmant, the Dwards and the women fight the Black Guard while King Bloodaxe escapes and Snow White and Eric confront Ravenna and the Mirror Man in the throne room. Eric is mortally wounded destroying the Mirror Man, and Ravenna overpowers Snow White. As she prepares to stab her with a mirror shard, Eric takes the hit, allowing Snow White to stab Ravenna in the chest. The spell undone, Ravenna sees her true, decrepit appearance and dies. Charmant and his army defeat Ravenna's soldiers and force King Bloodaxe's men into retreat. The battle is won. Snow White tearfully says goodbye to Eric as he dies.
The kingdom has been rebuild, and all women who had their youth stolen by Ravenna are returned to normal. Snow White and Prince Charmant get married. During the cerimony, she shees Eric, but, after looking back again, all that's there is a white wolf watching the castle, with blue eyes and a tail. She smiles.
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