Jack The Giant Slayer

This lost Legendary Pictures a load of dosh and had more scripters than director Bryan Singer has had questions about Keyser Soze. However, it’s breezy fun and is head and shoulders above other recent contemporary films based on fairy tales (Snow White And The Huntsman I’m looking at you). The mixed up tone smacks of studio interference, but Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson are good enough leads and the special effects hit the required mark. Not many twists plot wise mind and the rest of the (largely) British cast only have to chew the required scenery. Actually features very few giants (which appear to have wandered in off Andre Ovredal’s The Troll Hunter) being slayed by a boy called Jack. No refunds I’m afraid, but this is arguably Singer’s most enjoyable picture since you know what in 1995. Rating: 7/10.