Grade: B+

It helps a lot to have seen the first movie.  That’s where a lot of the character development takes place, and a lot of the back story that you really need to know to understand this second installment.  Based on the popular books by C.S. Lewis, the Narnia movies are really beautiful, they bring the magic to life.  In Prince Caspian, the four children return once again to Narnia and soon find themselves entrenched in another battle to save the place.  They meet up with the Prince, who has been thrown out of his neighboring kingdom by his power-hungry uncle, and they join forces.  The girls are great role models, strong and smart.  Of course there are war scenes, but they’re all very sanitized, no blood or guts.