welcome back to movie recaps today i
will show you an adventure
comedy family film from 2013 titled jack
the giant slayer
spoilers ahead watch out and take care
once upon a time a little boy named jack
lived with his father
the boy enjoyed reading the tale of the
giants which his mother used to tell him
before she died
the story is as follows a long time ago
the monks found magic beans that they
hoped would grow a pathway to god
unfortunately when they came up the
stock they found something else standing
between heaven and earth
the place was gantua the home of the
fierce giants the giants came down to
earth
stealing and pillaging the human race
but also acquiring a taste for human
flesh
the same story is quite enjoyed by
isabel as well the little princess
her mother reads it to her and asks if
she's not afraid of the giant's leader
with two heads
the girl says no so the mother continues
the monks had returned to the dark arts
to find a way to rule the giants
they crafted a crown from their melted
hearts king erik enslaved the giants
with the crown and sent them back to
gantua making it their prison
he sever the stalk and peace return to
his land some relics remain from that
time that were buried with the king and
the story became a legend
as jack's father tucks him in bed the
boy asks if the giants will return
he tells him that the king's guardians
born of noble blood will cut them down
the father tells him that the giants
aren't real isabelle's mother tells the
girl that king eric was real in a way
she's of his blood when the girl says
that she's seeing his grave in the
catacombs
her mother realizes that she's been
roaming around the castle
but she's not upset because she wants
her to know about the world if she is to
become queen one day and has the power
to make the world a better place
once jack's father leaves his room the
boy continues to read the story
which says that the giants will return
to wage a war with the earth and kill
the last of eric's kin
ten years later jack's uncle sends him
off to sell the horse in the city
telling him not to get distracted once
in town jack
now fully grown tries to sell his horse
and cart he immediately gets distracted
by the town theater
they retell the story of king eric and
the giants jack sees a beautiful girl in
the audience and she notices him staring
at her
before the play ends three men begin to
harass the girl so jack decides to step
in when they follow her out
he gets punched in the face then pleads
with the men to let the girl go
suddenly a royal guardian appears behind
him the men apologize to the guardian
because they don't want trouble and when
they see princess isabel climb on one of
the horses they drop to their knees
to the bewilderment of jack he turns
around and then the guardian tells him
to kneel as well
outside of the theater he realizes that
someone had stolen his car
meanwhile roderick and wick talk about
his future marriage with the princess
they run into a monk and let him pass
once they get inside the room where the
relics are kept
roderick quickly goes to check if
they're in their place the magic beans
have been stolen
but king eric's crown remains there he
orders wick to close the gates of the
city and find the mock
the monk realizes that they are
searching for him when jack shows up
selling his horse
he offers the boy 10 coppers for the
horse and jack would gladly agree if the
monk had the money with him
because of that the monk offers him the
beans as collateral
jack isn't impressed so he tells him
that they are holy relics which he could
return to the abbey in exchange for the
money promised to him
the monk tells him not to lose the beans
or get them wet while jack is still
considering the offer the monk has
already taken the horse and is leaving
the city
before he can escape which sends his men
on him they chase him down and grab him
later isabel gets back to the castle
apologizing to elmont
her guardian for making his job so hard
simultaneously
jack's uncle is scolding him for
exchanging the horse for the beans
he tells him that he has to grow up
because he's 18 years old
the king scolds the princess at the same
time about running away from the palace
without the guardians because she's the
future queen
she asks why he would ask her to marry
someone twice her age and who she
doesn't love like roderick
isabelle tells her father that she's not
a fragile and helpless creature and he
tells her she's like her mother
jack's uncle is mad and he flings the
beans of the table saying he'll have to
sell the remaining possessions of jack's
parents
he begs him no to do that but the man
doesn't let go isabelle begs her father
to let her be free to roam the kingdom
but he tells her that he doesn't want to
lose her like her mother
even though she makes her case in front
of a king he sets his final word that
she will marry roderick and stay in the
palace
isabel leaves disappointed but that
night she defies her father again
simultaneously wig and roderick are
interrogating the monk
he says that they should have left the
beans where they were buried because
they were made from dark magic
the beans can't be controlled roderick
kills him
later jack is worried about his uncle
being out in the storm
at the same time the princess is lost
when she sees the lights on jack's house
and follows them
as jack is getting ready to go out and
look for his uncle the princess knocks
on his door
he invites her inside and they chat as
the ground below the house fills with
water
getting closer to a magic bean jack and
isabel talk about books and adventures
he tells her that he got into a fight in
the princess's honor at the market
both pretending that they don't
recognize each other jack asks her what
she's running away from
she says that she's just looking for an
adventure in jack kneels making it known
that he's aware of who she is
isabelle tells him to stand then thanks
him for defending her on her
the bean begins the sprout under the
house but two of them are still unaware
he gives her his favorite book about the
giants and tells her that he hopes
she'll find what she's looking for
suddenly the house begins to shake and a
giant stem rips the floors open
as it rises to the sky jack is thrown
outside and isabel is trapped into the
farmhouse
it gets picked up by the rising
beanstalk and jack jumps to it so he can
help isabel
the house keeps getting elevated higher
and higher when jack finally gets back
to the house and tries to come inside
isabel opens the door nearly pushing him
off he grabs her hand but still falls
down the beanstalk
taking her mother's bracelet with him
jack manages to arrive safely back down
at the foot of the stock but passes out
the following morning the king wakes him
up and asks him why he has his
daughter's bracelet
jack gets recognized by elmont from the
market and is allowed to explain what
happened
both him and roderick will help the
guardians find and rescue isabel
later the men are making their way up
the stalk rodrick is clearly up to
something
jack asks elmont what he thinks is up
there but the guardian doesn't believe
in giants
he tells the boy that he shouldn't be
doing this to impress the princess
because even if she didn't marry
roderick she could never marry a
commoner like him
craw the other guardian helps jack get
to the other side of the stock but the
boy unfortunately falls
they save him and keep climbing the
massive beanstalk losing people on the
way at the behest of rodrik and
unbeknownst to elmont
only six of them remain the next day
they await to realize that they have
reached the top of the beanstalk
since the princess isn't in jack's house
they enter the world of the giant
searching for her
as the guardians begin the pursuit
roderick stops jack and threatens him
for the rest of the magic beans
he gives them the person is threatened
not to say a word jack keeps one of the
beans and puts it in his locket
almond and craw find a clue that
isabelle has left to find her way back
craw and the others follow isabel's
marks when suddenly jack finds the book
that he gave her
saying to the rest that she must have
hidden there they see some broken
branches and jack supposes that
something big pulled her out of her
hiding place and that she must be in
trouble
almond orders the men to split up into
two groups he
fra and jack find some sheep and try to
catch one when they set off a trap
almond begins to cut them out when he
notices something approaching
once they are out they hide from that
which approaches a giant
it eats a sheep hole then catches cross
scent and finds him
the man runs but the giant gets to him
in a few leaps as it's getting prepared
to eat craw belmont runs up to him and
stabs him
just to get knocked out the giant grabs
them both and takes them away
jack follows it meanwhile the other
group gets to a waterfall
so the guardian tells roderick to sit
and rest while he finds another way
around
they trick him and push him off the
cliff suddenly a giant grabs wick and
eats him
another giant appears but roderick gets
to the crown in time and manages to save
himself
jack has followed the giant into one of
their cities simultaneously
isabelle is being kept prisoner by a
giant who questions her about how she
got there
she won't answer when it asks her about
others coming for her
she says that she's alone but the
two-headed giant general fallon knows
that isabelle is a descendant from king
eric
he shows her around to his men saying
that the humans have returned
suddenly the other giant brings craw in
elmont there as well
the leader of the giants questions the
two of them and when craw antagonizes
him it eats him
jack follows the commotion in the giant
city but has to hide from two giants
before he gets there
the general threatens elmont that he'll
eat isabel if he doesn't answer his
questions and argues with another giant
over the right to do that when roderick
suddenly shows up wearing the crown
all the giants kneel to him even the
general almond is happy when he shows up
but roderick just takes the throne
to both his and isabelle's surprise
roderick orders the giants to fight for
him as their king and take over the
earth as his army
he tells them to prepare for battle at
dawn general fallon doesn't like that
meanwhile jack finds the room with all
the loot the giants have stolen
then takes a look at the city and hears
isabelle begged for her life as she's
being taken away
she and elmont are being prepared to be
eaten jack arrives to save them while
the giant cook looks for something
he can't get isabelle out so he goes
over to elmont and gives him a knife
the giant comes back almost killing
elmont with a giant pick
then puts him in the oven before he gets
cooked jack climbs over to get him while
he lets himself out of the dough
suddenly the giant pulls isabelle out of
the cage and gets ready to chop her up
when jack takes one of the cooking
knives and stabs him with it almond
releases himself and isabel hides
as jack remains dangling on the giant's
back it hits itself in the wall
effectively finishing the job elmond is
impressed that jack killed a giant then
jack tells them that he knows a way out
meanwhile at the foot of the stock the
king asks one of his generals if they
should cut the beanstalk down
the man says that the stock is a means
to get up but want to get down as well
they speculate on what might come down
from there back at gantua
roderick orders one of the giants to
wait for the rest of the edge
jack sanitizes isabelle's wound while
elmo laments over the death of his
friend
she feels guilty for running away and
causing this to happen
jack tells her that on the other hand if
she didn't roderick would have taken
over the kingdom with no warning
he tells her that they need to get her
back so that when she becomes the queen
she could make the world a better place
her bleeding stops and elmont asks where
they should go
they follow the river to the edge where
they find the giant sleeping
jack thinks that they should wake him up
with the help of a beehive the two men
approach the sleeping giant and place
the hive in his mask
then run back to hide they wait for a
moment then the giant wakes
stumbles over himself and then falls
over the cliff isabelle and jack hug
but elmont disapproves as they walk
toward the edge
elmont tells them that he needs to stay
behind and take care of roderick
he tells jack to bring the princess home
and makes him a guardian isabel says
goodbye to him and the two leave
at the foot of the stalk the giant falls
down the king sees him then orders his
general to cut the beanstalk down for
the sake of the kingdom
the general is reluctant because the
princess still hasn't arrived so the
king takes his sword and goes over to
cut it asking his daughter for
forgiveness
when he sees the king's resolve the
general orders his men to cut the stock
simultaneously jack and isabel climb
down the stalk and see their city at its
foot they kiss
then wonder what the people down the
stock are doing the operation to cut
down the beanstalk is seriously underway
meanwhile at gantua almond waits for
roderick at the edge
he's woken up by the approaching giant
army roderick arrives and goes over to
the edge when suddenly elmont attacks
him and he drops the rest of the beans
they fall inside the entrance cave and
struggle roderick asks for the giants to
help so general fallon tells his men to
dig him out
roderick and elmont fight and roderick
has the upper hand when elmont manages
to grab his sword and wound him
but roderick pushes him almost off the
edge again and elmont grabs his knife
and stabs him
the giants dig a hole through the stone
but don't manage to get to roderick in
time before he dies
what they do manage to do is take the
crown general fallon puts it on as a
ring and becomes the king of the giants
back at the foot of the stalk the men
have succeeded in cutting one part of it
when it begins to shake and tear apart
isabel and jack can feel it higher up
the sheer mass of the stalk begins to
come down on the man in its foot
jack tells isabelle to hang on almond
jumps on the top of the stalk before it
collapses completely and general fallon
watches it go
jack and isabel ride the stock and he
uses one of its stems as a rope to swing
away from it
the rest of the stock that elmont is
riding gets almost to the palace and
destroys a part of it but not before he
can jump off as well
the king feels horrible because he
thinks that he has lost his daughter
suddenly his general approaches and
brings her to him isabel tells him about
roderick and he says he's sorry
jack leaves and when isabel asked about
him the king goes after him
he rewards jack saying that as a father
he can't reward him enough
isabelle comes out wearing armor and as
they say goodbye he gives her the book
to remember him
she rides with her father to the palace
simultaneously
general fallon finds the rest of the
magic beans he throws them in the water
and they instantly sprout
general fallon gets his men prepared as
the beans begin to grow on the very edge
of their land
the giants begin to climb and push the
stalks down even before they are fully
formed
general fallon jumps on as well on earth
jack finds his horse and sees the giants
coming down
then rides to inform the king moments
later the giants arrive
jack tells a monk to ring the alarm and
as he approaches the king and isabel
telling them about the giants they see
the giants behind him
everyone hurries back toward the city
with the giants catching up and killing
the king's men
general fallon goes after the king but
they are slowed down by the first
beanstalk
almond gets the army in the city ready
from the archers to the hot oil
the giants are right on jack's tail as
almond waits for them to arrive in the
city to light up the oil
the king enters the city and he rises
the drawbridge before jack gets on it
he jumps on but so does general fallon
almond pushes him off the bridge and he
burns in the oil
the other giants prepare to get into the
city but fallon survives under the water
almond reunites with jack and isabel he
tells the king that the giants have the
crown and they suddenly throw a bell
into the city
then latch onto the drawbridge with
hooks the king tells isabel to go to his
chambers and light a beacon to warn the
other kingdoms
he tells jack to look after her elmont
and the rest managed to hold the
drawbridge
isabel leads jack through a shortcut via
the royal catacombs and they pass king
eric's grave
they get to the royal chamber when they
hear something under the floor general
fallon pushes through it and they run
the army keeps trying to hold the giants
off but they just keep decimating their
ranks
they throw inflamed threes into the city
the humans fire at the giants with
spears and finally make some progress in
the fight
but the giants just fight back and
destroy their weapons
fallon can smell the princess as she and
jack hide in the king's robe
he finds them and they run away going up
a tight staircase fallon breaks through
a wall to get to them and grabs isabelle
then grabs jack as well when he tries to
kill him
as the giant is about to swallow jack
hole he takes out the remaining magic
bean and throws it in his mouth
the bean begins to sprout in his stomach
and comes out of him killing him and
destroying the palace
as pieces of the giant fall around jack
and isabel his hand with the crown falls
next to jack
meanwhile the rest of the giants pull
the drawbridge back down so the humans
shut the doors to the city
the men get ready for the arrival of the
giants and wait as they break through
suddenly they see the beanstalk taking
apart the palace and the giants drop
their weapons then kneel in front of the
human army
jack appears wearing the crown and
isabel takes his hand
much later jack is reading the ending of
the story to his children where the
giants were made to get back on their
land and the princess with her farm boy
prince
the kids ask about the crown worried
that the giants will come back but he
tells them that it's in a safe place as
isabel joins them
jack tells them the story of the giants
again as the reconstruction of the crown
is seen
becoming what the imperial state crown
looks like today the crown is seen in
the present day as a guide tells some
students about it
the safe place in which it is held is in
westminster abbey and london
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