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Epic (2013 film): a Summary
Seventeen-year old Mary
Katherine, or M.K. (Amanda Seyfried), moves in with her
eccentric scientist father Professor Bomba (Jason Sudeikis)
who has been searching for tiny humanoid soldiers called Leafmen. They protect
the forest Bomba lives, which is near from evil creatures called Boggans and
their malevolent leader Mandrake (Christoph Waltz).
An independent young soldier named Nod (Josh Hutcherson)
decides to quit much to the ire of the no-nonsense Leafmen leader Ronin (Colin Farrell).
The queen of the forest,
Queen Tara (Beyoncé Knowles),
must choose an heir to her throne and goes out to a field of leaf pods, guarded
by a laid-back slug named
Mub (Aziz Ansari)
and a wannabe Leafman snail named
Grub (Chris O'Dowd).
Immediately after she chooses a pod, the Boggans attack. Tara flees the area
with the pod, and though her bodyguards do their best to protect her, they are
soon overwhelmed by the sheer number of Boggans. Eventually, Ronin arrives for
her and the pair fly off on his hummingbird mount.
They are then attacked by Mandrake and his son Dagda (Blake Anderson).
Dagda is killed by Ronin, but Tara is shot with an arrow by Mandrake.
Meanwhile, M.K. decides to
leave after having an argument with Bomba about his research. Before she can
leave, Bomba's dog Ozzy runs into the woods. While looking for Ozzy, M.K. sees
Tara falling. Dying, Tara gives her the pod and uses her magic to shrink her.
She tells M.K. to take the pod to a Glowworm named
Nim Galuu before she dies, and M.K. joins Ronin and the Leafmen, along with Mub
and Grub. Ronin discovers that Nod has entered a Roller Derby race against
other creatures and bugs on
birds. He goes back on a deal with a tough bullfrog named
Bufo (Pitbull) to lose the race. Before Bufo and his
two henchmen can feed Nod to a snake for not throwing the race, Ronin
intervenes and orders them to leave. A reluctant Nod joins him, M.K., Mub, and
Grub after hearing about Queen Tara's death which Bufo overhears.
When they reach the Boggan
land Ronin distracts the Boggans while M.K. and Nod rescue Mub, Grub, and the
pod. They are eventually found out by Mandrake, who summons the Boggans to stop
them. M.K., Nod, Mub, and Grub escape alive, but Ronin sacrifices himself to
ensure their escape. Before the full moon can
sprout the pod at Moonhaven, Mandrake's bats block the light,
causing the pod to begin sprouting in darkness. As the Leafmen set out to fight
the Boggans, M.K. sets out to get her father for assistance. However, upon
regaining consciousness, Bomba believes that he didn't really see M.K. and that
he has been insane all these years, and shuts down all his cameras, but changes
his mind when he sees a red push-pin that M.K. had put on his map while they
were getting disguises.
Bomba is overjoyed to see
that he has been right and when he follows M.K. to Moonhaven, he uses his iPod to make bat
sounds, luring Mandrake's bats away. Meanwhile, Mub and Nim Galuu try to stop
Mandrake from reaching the pod, but are unsuccessful. Just then, Ronin appears,
bearing scars and bruises from the Boggans. Mandrake manages to outdo him, but
Ronin is defended by Nod, who finally realizes the importance of teamwork.
Before Mandrake can obtain his victory, the moonlight takes over the pod before
it blooms in darkness, causing it to bloom in light, defeating the Boggans, and
Mandrake is sucked and sealed into a nearby tree.
The chosen heir is the
flower child (Allison Weber) who helped save Tara earlier in the film. Grub
becomes a Leafman, Nod and Ronin reconcile, and Nod and M.K. kiss before M.K.
is returned to her original size. After reuniting with Bomba and becoming his
assistant, the human family still keeps regular contact with their small
friends as they continue the research of their world.
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