![]() ![]() ![]() This gleefully entertaining giant-monster movie eschews tearing up the likes of New York or Tokyo in favor of director Roar Uthaug’s ( Tomb Raider 2018) native Norway, with a titanic troll stomping its way toward Oslo after being roused by a drilling operation. A rollicking sea-bound adventure directed by Chris Williams-of Big Hero 6 and Moana fame-it has secured its standing as one of Netflix’s finest movies with a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming Oscars. However, after an attempt to destroy the colossal Red Bluster goes disastrously wrong, Jacob and Maisie are stranded on an island filled with the creatures, and they find that the monsters may not be quite so monstrous after all. ![]() Jacob Holland (voiced by Karl Urban) is one such hero, adopted son of the legendary Captain Crowe and well on the way to building his own legacy as a monster hunter-a journey disrupted by stowaway Maisie Brumble (Zaris-Angel Hator), who has her own ambitions to take on the sea beasts. It's easy to imagine that the elevator pitch for The Sea Beast was “ Moby Dick meets How to Train Your Dragon”-and who wouldn’t be compelled by that? Set in a fantasy world where oceanic leviathans terrorize humanity, those who hunt down the giant monsters are lauded as heroes. ![]()
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