|
Plot Summary:
|
Based on the go along with in C.S. Lewis's beloved CHRONICLES OF NARNIA series, PRINCE CASPIAN finds the four Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)--once again whisked away from WWII-days England into the domain of Narnia, where the siblings once ruled as royalty. However, the Pevensies soon discover that 1,300 years compel ought to passed since they hand, and the world is now controlled by the Telmarines, humans who crave ago banished the magical creatures of Narnia to the wilderness. When the heir to the Telmarine throne, Caspian (Ben Barnes), survives an assassination attempt plotted by his calculating uncle, Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), the noble youth stumbles across Narnia's exiled enchanted population, and decides to lead them in an mutiny, aided by Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.
...
Considerably darker and more action-filled than THE LION, THE Bitch AND THE Clothes-cupboard, this 2008 supplement, in a wink again directed by Andrew Adamson, is driven by the struggle between the Telmarines and the banished Narnians, resulting in sundry fierce battle sequences. While the newcomer Barnes and the established quartet of Moseley, Popplewell, Keynes, and Henley are all in fine form, CASPIAN is largely enhanced by its supporting throw, which includes indie mainstay Peter Dinklage as the dreary dwarf Trumpkin and revered comedian Eddie Izzard as the turn of the swashbuckling mouse Reepicheep. Also for a few moments reprising their roles from the aforesaid motion picture are Liam Neeson, as the share of Aslan, and Tilda Swinton, as the White Witch, actors who cause their familiar personas to this pleasant and amusing supporter chapter in the NARNIA narrative.
Read more Less
|
