THE RUNESTONE
Have a rendezvous with Ragnarok
Alexander Gudonov (before he sucked down entirely too much of that Labatt Ice he was doing ads for) is on the cover of this one, but until the last twenty minutes, all he does is look at clocks.
Still, this is a pretty enjoyable little flick. The discovery of a big runestone (that is, a big stone with runes on it, duh) brings with it a big, shaggy beast that knocks off half the population of New York. I mean it, man - body count in this movie is waaaaaaay up there. (love that scene in the art gallery)
It's Fenrir, a big wolflike beast in Norse mythology, and Ragnarok is coming to town. Of course, the police don't think it's Fenrir - Lawrence Tierney looks one of our heroes right in the eye and insists "It's a big guy in a bulletproof dog suit!"
I dunno, this one's just got fun written all over it, with no pretensions of...well, anything. And it mostly succeeds, except for this annoying teenager who's seen it all coming in his dreams. The acting's good, the plot's fun, and the dialogue is quite amusing.
Great, great score too. Watch with beer in hand and you can't go wrong.