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Jack the Giant Slayer

Prepare for a giant adventure

2013 · 1h 54m · PG-13 Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by Bryan Singer

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Overview

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.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
52%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Forget that Giant Slayer feels photocopied and is entirely unnecessary. It's just not exciting.

Wesley Morris, Grantland
Rotten

A mash-up of old-school heroism, pantomime villainy, starstruck lovers and post-'Shrek' archness, it's more exhausting than exhilarating.

Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh

It's fast, rousing, and blessedly brief - under two hours instead of, say, nine in three bladder-straining installments.

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh

Unlike Peter Jackson with the overstuffed The Hobbit,[director Bryan]Singer shies away from the epic and settles for entertaining. Sometimes that's more than enough.

Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Rotten

Not awful, not wonderful, Jack the Giant Slayer is a midrange fairy tale epic that's a lot more ho-hum than fee-fi-fo-fum.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

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