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Jack the Giant Slayer

Play trailer Poster for Jack the Giant Slayer PG-13 Released Mar 1, 2013 1h 53m Fantasy Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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When young farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult) unwittingly opens a portal between his realm and a race of giants, it rekindles an ancient war. Roaming Earth for the first time in centuries, the fearsome giants seek to reclaim the land they lost long ago. Jack has to face an army of foes that he thought existed only in legend, but through his arduous fight for the kingdom and its people, he may win the love of a brave princess, perhaps becoming a legend himself.
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It's enthusiastically acted and reasonably fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer is also overwhelmed by digital effects and a bland, impersonal story.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Jack The Giant Slayer had something of an identity crisis. Rated: 3/5 Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Wesley Morris Grantland Forget that Giant Slayer feels photocopied and is entirely unnecessary. It's just not exciting. Jan 3, 2014 Full Review David Sexton London Evening Standard A story of derring do and social climbing, serving as an excuse for colossal battles with a load more orcs, the true purpose of the movie. Rated: 3/5 Mar 22, 2013 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson While it borrows from plenty of other better movies that came before it, "Jack the Giant Slayer" is one buffed-up fairy tale movie that works. Rated: 3/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Even if the prevailing flavorlessness of everything onscreen leaves us feeling somewhat indifferent, Singer’s clear-cut presentation must be admired. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 12, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's an interesting idea - to make a theatrical, big-budget, computer effects-heavy action film based on the simple tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Rated: 6/10 Dec 3, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sasen M This was fun and entertaining and better than Harry Potter. With great acting and fun performances. Written by Bryan Singer, one of the best films in the world. You'd definitely want to see this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Terry H There's a lot of things in the Bible in Enoch and also about Giants that is not well known they made references to the giants that are very similar to Giants that were actually on Earth before the flood so I found it very interesting myself and I think other Christian believing people might find it very interesting. To every fable there is some truth behind it Jack and the beanstalk is a story about Giants and I believe and one time inhabited this earth before the flood. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review r96 s 'Jack the Giant Slayer' is a perfectly watchable movie. Nothing special, but it does enough. That's in my opinion, of course. A quick glance at Letterboxd shows a big split in its reception, but the majority - at least in terms of rating - are in agreement with me. The movie does start off a bit slowly, though once it got going I was enjoying it to be honest. It's nowt award-worthy, though it works as a passable fantasy adventure flick. I dug everyone on the cast, which features many people I like or have at least seen in other productions. Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson (the only one I didn't previously know of) give competent performances and suit each other well enough. while Ewan McGregor and Ian McShane are good value, among others. Ewen Bremner's Wicke is the only iffy character, though Bremner himself narrowly makes it work. I caught a glimpse of the special effects prior to watching, think it was on one of the movie websites when I was checking if it has sequels etc., and wasn't all that excited about what I saw. However, in the actual film the effects are all satisfactory to be honest. The look of the giants is decent. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/11/24 Full Review Will R This is one of my family’s favourite movies. A well acted family movie with heart. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/24 Full Review Audience Member Awesome movie deserves a sequel Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Arrigo M imo it's an awesome dynamic fairytale for all age groups, except ppl under ten years old, probably, for it is quite violent. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Nicholas Hoult (left) as Jack in "Jack the Giant Slayer." Sentry Giant in "Jack the Giant Slayer." Fumm in "Jack the Giant Slayer." (L-R) Stanley Tucci as Roderick and Ewen Bremner as Wicke in "Jack the Giant Slayer." A scene from "Jack the Giant Slayer." Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabelle in "Jack the Giant Slayer." (L-R) Eddie Marsan as Crawe, Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabelle and Ewan McGregor as Elmont in "Jack the Giant Slayer." General Fallon in "Jack the Giant Slayer." A scene from "Jack the Giant Slayer." Ewan McGregor as Elmont in "Jack the Giant Slayer." View more photos

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Synopsis When young farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult) unwittingly opens a portal between his realm and a race of giants, it rekindles an ancient war. Roaming Earth for the first time in centuries, the fearsome giants seek to reclaim the land they lost long ago. Jack has to face an army of foes that he thought existed only in legend, but through his arduous fight for the kingdom and its people, he may win the love of a brave princess, perhaps becoming a legend himself.
Director
Bryan Singer
Producer
Neal H. Moritz, David Dobkin, Bryan Singer, Patrick McCormick, Ori Marmur
Screenwriter
Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Original Film, Bad Hat Harry, Big Kid Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Action Violence|Brief Language|Intense Fantasy Violence|Some Frightening Images)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 1, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 12, 2013
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
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