WILLOW COMES UP SHORT
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BY DANE YOUSSEF
This one wasn't much when it first came out. The budget was extravagant and the box-office returns just barely covered the big fat price tag. And as measly as a movie as this was for it's day on it's own merits, it's dwarfed even further by the immortal "Lord Of The Rings" saga. "Willow" is the film the impish Warwick Davis is renown for his participation in the never-ending Horror-movie stories, the "Leprechaun" movies.
Thankfully, he proves himself as to be more than just a cheap gimmick like so many other "bit-players." He allows himself to really give a true performance and the film itself doesn't go for the cheapest of shots with any of the height of it's little people. Even for it's day "Willow" was unremarkable. Yet another case of, "Too little, too late." Yet another case of, "Too little, too late." Nearly 20 years later, that old axiom proves even more true.