Troll

There's nothing very original about this, but it's got some likeable characters and really solid special effects. The explosions and fire of the military's offensive against the giant troll being the most impressive.

Watched for the first time in preparation for TROLL 2. Rating: B I've always appreciated how Roar Uthaug manages to ground high-concept disasters in human emotion, so I went into TROLL hoping for that same balance applied to folklore. What we get is undeniably a patchwork of Hollywood's monst...