Jack the Giant Slayer J ack the Giant Slayer exists in the Jack and the Beanstalk world in skeleton only. Nicholas Hoult, last seen as a zombie in love in Warm Bodies, is the titular character. But, when we meet him, he is hardly a hero. Jack is living with his uncle working the land as tenant farmers. His mother died when he was very young and his father passed away from the plague while he was still a boy. B ut this isn't just Jack's story. As established early on and teased in the Jack the Giant Slayer trailer, there is a parallel story of princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson). She lost her mother at a young age and was raised by her father, the king. Jack and Isabelle grew up, as we see in parallel flashbacks, hearing of the stories of giants and the noble knights who saved the kingdom from their wrath. Jack the Giant Slayer I t seems that a magical beanstalk has the power to serve as a bridge of sorts from the world of humans on Earth to the giants who live i...