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Jack the Giant Slayer

- Prepare for a giant adventure

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

Release Date : 2013-02-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Line CinemaLegendary PicturesOriginal FilmBig Kid PicturesBad Hat Harry ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Jack the Giant Killer

Cast

Character Name : Jack

Original Name : Nicholas Hoult

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess Isabelle

Original Name : Eleanor Tomlinson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elmont

Original Name : Ewan McGregor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roderick

Original Name : Stanley Tucci

Gender : Male

Character Name : King Brahmwell

Original Name : Ian McShane

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Fallon

Original Name : Bill Nighy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crawe

Original Name : Eddie Marsan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wicke

Original Name : Ewen Bremner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Hamm

Original Name : Warwick Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Entin

Original Name : Ralph Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fye

Original Name : Andrew Brooke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fumm

Original Name : Ben Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack's Dad

Original Name : Daniel Lapaine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foe

Original Name : Angus Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tour Guide

Original Name : Alex Macqueen

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Queen

Original Name : Tandi Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Badger

Original Name : Lee Boardman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle

Original Name : Christopher Fairbank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fee

Original Name : Cornell John

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Simon Lowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bald

Original Name : Mingus Johnston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Maid

Original Name : Joy McBrinn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blacksmith

Original Name : Chris Brailsford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panto Erik the Great

Original Name : Craig Salisbury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panto Monk

Original Name : Peter Bonner

Gender : Male

Character Name : King's Artiste

Original Name : Richard Dixon

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Fallon's Small Head

Original Name : John Kassir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small Drunk

Original Name : Lee Whitlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Drunk

Original Name : Jody Halse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cook Giant

Original Name : Philip Philmar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry / Bugler Giant

Original Name : Peter Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tongue Giant

Original Name : Don McCorkindale

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Child

Original Name : Tayler Marshall

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Child

Original Name : Amber Vertannes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little Girl

Original Name : Hattie Gotobed

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roddy

Original Name : Joe E Salazar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Master of Secrets

Original Name : Steven Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panto Giant 1

Original Name : John Lebar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panto Giant 2

Original Name : Phill Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panto Musician

Original Name : Steve Haze

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack's Father

Original Name : Tim Foley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Jack

Original Name : Michael Self

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Isabelle

Original Name : Sydney Rawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Byron Coll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Aaron Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack's Mum (uncredited)

Original Name : Caroline Hayes

Gender : Female

Character Name : King's Foot Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Duncan JC Mais

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soothsayer (uncredited)

Original Name : Santi Scinelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : The King's Paige (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Dewey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foot Soldier (Uncredited)

Original Name : John Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pantomine Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Annabelle Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fire Arrow Archer

Original Name : Philip Harvey

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

Boring and with low quality animations.

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

Me and the kids watched this movie yesterday evening. We all liked it quite a lot. This is a very enjoyable family movie. It is, not surprisingly, a new twist on the old Jack and the Beanstalk story. The basic elements are there, Jack, beans, beanstalks and, of course, giants. A few new elements are thrown in like a Crown to control the giants, a treacherous bastard responsible for the entire mess and a few other things. The giants are very well done. The CGI is good to very good most of the time. As can be expected, it is the giants that make up this movie. I would say that they are slightly scary (for kids) and rather funny at the same time. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the human actors. The acting is generally not so good and sometimes downright abysmal. It is rather surprising for such a relatively big production to have such poor TV-show quality acting. The bottom line is that it is a very enjoyable family movie. If you watch it as an adult I guess you must have a liking for special effects and CGI, which I do, in order to enjoy it.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Medieval fairy tale with a noble hero, a beautiful princess and hordes of barbaric giants*** Released in 2013 and directed by Bryan Singer, “Jack the Giant Slayer” has plot similarities to 1962’s “Jack the Giant Killer” with Nicholas Hoult playing the wholesome farm boy, Eleanor Tomlinson the winsome princess and Ian McShane the king. The rural protagonist slays a couple giants and rescues the royal maiden, but that’s where the similarities between the two movies end. This one lacks an evil wizard and his dark castle, which are substituted by the brutal giants and the colossal beanstalk that leads up to their awesome realm above the clouds. Despite the almost $200 million spent mostly on the CGI giants & their world, “Jack the Giant Slayer” just isn’t as compelling as “Jack the Giant Killer,” which had super-cheesy effects, albeit charming. Yes, the giants & their realm look superb, as far as cartoonish CGI goes, but more time & money needed spent on the characters and their story to hook the viewer. In other words, despite all the action/adventure and millions blown on CGI, the story’s generally meh. Nonetheless, the flick’s good enough if you favor CGI-laden films like “King Kong” (2005) and “Avatar” (2009). Hoult and Tomlinson are more-than-worthy as the protagonists with Hoult being reminiscent of Richard Thomas. I just wish the script fleshed them out more and made us care about them and their considerable challenges. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes and was shot in England (Surrey, Norfolk & Somerset). ADDITIONAL CAST: Ewan McGregor plays a knight, Stanley Tucci a royal bastage and Eddie Marsan his inane crony. GRADE: C+/B-

r96sk

@r96sk

2024-09-11

'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.