However, writer - director Matthew Robbins (
Dragonslayer, Batteries Not Included) does little to
make this anything more than a modest adventure, with more needed in the way of plot developments and better characterizations.
Jack Schitt and Aornis Hades
make unwelcome reappearances, and fans of Fforde's Last
Dragonslayer series will recognise the Blessed Ladies of the Lobster.