The 10th Kingdom: Difference between revisions

Take just about every well-known [[Fairy Tale]], myth, legend, oral history, and fantasy story known to man. Cross them with screwball comedy, an epic [[Hero's Journey]], fantastic (for television, anyway) special effects, and a lot of surprising twists. Add a dash of tragedy and mystery, a sprinkling of some rather serious ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|or should we say, ''Grimm''?]]) issues, and some great British casting, and what do you get?

 

 

Virginia Lewis, a down-on-her-luck New York waitress, and her ne'er-do-well janitor father Tony, are accidentally dragged out of their boring, miserable lives when they cross paths with a golden retriever (actually an enchanted prince) and an ex-convict werewolf (actually, half-wolf) -- one fleeing his stepmother the Evil Queen, the other working for her (sometimes). Complications and hi-jinks result, as magic spills over into New York (the Tenth Kingdom of the title), and soon the foursome end up via magic mirror in the world of the Nine Kingdoms, where fairy tales are real but "Happy Ever After didn't last as long as we'd hoped." Pursued by vengeful Trolls and their odious father, and [[Blade Runner|Rutger]] [[Ladyhawke|Hauer]] as a typically villainous but effectively chilling Huntsman, they must chase after the magic mirror and wend their way in and out of the lives of many fairy tale characters (always with a twist) in order to find their way home again.

 

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