EPIC

When you see a film entitled ‘Epic’, you can’t help but wonder whether the name was aspirational, ironic or overblown. In this case, sadly it was the latter; the film coming across more as an 'Avatar' for children.

A teenage girl, MK (Amanda Seyfried), is struggling to connect with her estranged father (Jason Sudeikis) after the death of her mother. Her dad Bomba is a bit nutty-professor type, living in the middle of nowhere and dedicating his life to proving the existence of a tiny world hidden within the forrest. As it turns out, he’s right - and after accidentally being shrunk down to their world, MK finds herself at the centre of a good-versus-evil battle, as the side of good battle against time to find a new queen as Mandrake (Christoph Waltz) vows to turn their entire forest to rot. With the help of a couple quirky slugs, warriors known as the Leaf Men and a caterpillar who would be more at home on a Las Vegas stage than a hollow tree, the forces of nature battle it out to save our world as well as theirs.