Cracking pace in 'Jack the Giant Slayer'

The English folktale of ‘Jack And The Beanstalk’ is given a smart CGI-heavy makeover in Bryan Singer’s fast-paced fantasy.

Based on a script co-written by ‘Usual Suspects’ scribe Christopher McQuarrie, ‘Jack The Giant Slayer’ takes the familiar story of magic beans and a blood-thirsty behemoth as the foundations for a delightfully old-fashioned tale of derring-do replete with a boo-hiss villain and swooning damsel in distress.