As much as the settings and the fight work is what makes this movie the thing that really bolsters this movie above others of its type is the performance of Michael Angarano. Whether you are a talking Jake Lloyd from the Star Wars prequels or any kid who has been in a fantasy movie with a similar theme to often it is the out of place kid who is destined for greater things that brings down the movie. Sometimes he is not capable of delivering lines with credibility. Other times he doesn’t look the part, but mostly they are usually just bad actors. Angarano straddles the line of the out of place kid he is in the beginning to the great warrior he is supposed to be at the end well enough to not destroy the movie.