![]() Yet he and Jack underestimate scheming Roderick (Stanley Tucci), whose hatred for his fiancée Isabelle is matched only by his love of power. Jack’s hero and mentor, commander Elmont (Ewan McGregor), is fearless when faced with the two-headed General Fallon (Bill Nighy) and his army. After seeing his house and true love hoisted skyward on twisted tendrils, he joins a rescue expedition to a realm above the clouds, where giants bite off human heads. ![]() A mash-up of old-school heroism, pantomime villainy, starstruck lovers and post-‘Shrek’ archness, it’s more exhausting than exhilarating.Īfter innocently trading his horse for a handful of beans, orphaned farmhand Jack (Nicholas Hoult) falls for a tomboy princess, Isabelle, (Eleanor Tomlinson) and sows the seeds of the kingdom’s destruction. Stranded awkwardly between innocent fantasy adventure and the more knowing cleverness of ‘The Princess Bride’, Bryan Singer’s fairy tale reboot is a simple coming-of-age story writ large.
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