Chris Hemsworth, the amply muscled Australian who plays the titular Norse god of thunder, and Stellan Skarsgard, who plays a Norwegian astrophysicist
investigating unexplained phenomena in the New Mexico desert, each had one moment when — portentous soundtrack and CGI spectacle aside — they seemed to be having good clean Scandinavian fun.
Garland doesn't stick to the book's plot but he keeps the core concept: A team of women, including Portman's grief - stricken biology professor, venture into a quarantined territory of Florida known only as «Area X» to
investigate a series of
unexplained phenomena and disappearances.