Jack the Giant Slayer

After a farmer (Nicholas Hoult) is given a pouch of magic beans by a monk (Simon Lowe) to safeguard with a warning not to get them wet and one of the beans accidentally grows into a giant bean stalk in the middle of his uncle's (Christopher Fairbank) house with the beautiful princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) trapped inside in this entertaining, family-friendly, action-packed, 3D fantasy film based on the classic fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, the knife-wielding, smitten farmer volunteers to join the princess' power-hungry fiancé (Stanley Tucci) and a swashbuckling palace guard captain (Ewan McGregor) with a few of guards to rescue the daughter of the king (Ian McShane) when she is captured by a land of revengeful giants (Bill Nighy, Eddie Marsan, Warwick Davis, Andrew Brooke, Cornell John, Ben Daniels, Angus Barnett, Philip Philmar, et al.) high in the sky.
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