THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN
Headline: ** Fantastic Epic Adventure **
Title: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN
Quality: * * * * Acceptability: +1
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: None
Violence: VV
Sex: None
Nudity: N
RATING: PG
RELEASE: May 16, 2008
TIME: 140 minutes
STARRING: Georgie Henley, Skandar Kernes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Peter Dinklage, Pioerfrancesco Favino, Sergio Castellito, Warwick Davis, and the voices of Liam Neeson and Eddie Izzard
DIRECTOR: Andrew Adamson
PRODUCERS: Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson and Philip Steuer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Perry Moore
WRITERS: Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: C. S. Lewis
DISTRIBUTOR: Walt Disney Pictures
CONTENT: (CCC, BBB, VV, N, M) Very strong Christian worldview stresses the appearance and faith in the Christ figure of Aslan with very strong moral elements of sacrifice, loyalty, honesty, truth, and justice extolled; no foul language; strong action violence but no blood includes archers shoot pointblank, many battle sequences, people dying in battle sequences, hand-to-hand combat, sword fighting, catapults, and a full range of military and martial arts displayed, man slaps dwarf, witch cuts man's hand, drownings, assassination, people hit and beaten, creatures and animals attack people, and people attack and kill creatures and animals; no sex; upper male nudity for male centaurs, minotaurs and mythical creatures; no apparent alcohol; no smoking; and, evil king kills brother, conspiracy against evil king.
GENRE: Adventure Fantasy
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All ages
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SUMMARY: PRINCE CASPIAN is the second book in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis, which tells how Aslan comes to the aid of the Pevensie children, who are helping a prince lead Narnia in a fight against his evil uncle who is trying to kill all the Narnians. PRINCE CASPIAN is a very exciting, redemptive epic in the tradition of LORD OF THE RINGS.
IN BRIEF:
PRINCE CASPIAN is loosely based on the second book in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, the great fantasy series by C. S. Lewis. Told in chronological order, the movie shows Prince Caspian escaping his evil Uncle Miraz, who killed Caspian's father. Through two dwarves, Trumpkin and Nikabrik, Caspian meets the creatures of Narnia. In the process of his escape, he blows Susan's horn, which calls the four Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, back to Narnia from World War II London. The children find that Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines, led by Miraz. While praying for Aslan, the Christ figure, to come to their aid, Prince Caspian and the children lead a ragtag army against the Telmarines.
PRINCE CASPIAN is an exciting, fantastic epic in the tradition of LORD OF THE RINGS. Despite some loose ends, it re-imagines the book's story, which is about having faith in God through the Christ figure of Aslan. Ultimately it is God who determines the future of Narnia. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers for being faithful to the book's spiritually uplifting, redemptive themes. They turned a complex plot into an exciting adventure.
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