The government says that it’s just a little bear problem
that is causing the recent string of cattle killings and tourist
disappearances. But local bear hunters don’t buy it and neither do a trio of
college students who are hell bent on finding out the truth. In an attempt to
do so, armed with a video camera, they tail a mysterious poacher and discover
that it’s not bears causing the trouble, but trolls!
This found-footage movie,
somewhat in the vein of The Blair Witch Project, though more entertaining and interesting than scary, works on a
number of levels. It’s what you might call a hybrid film in that it fuses quite
a few different genres together to create something that’s different,
refreshing, and although you don’t laugh or cry or experience a big emotional
attachment to, you can’t help but keep your eyes on the screen until the
credits roll.
The government says that it’s just a little bear problem that is
causing the recent string of cattle killings and tourist disappearances. But local
bear hunters don’t buy it and neither do a trio of college students who are
hell bent on finding out the truth. In an attempt to do so, armed with a video
camera, they tail a mysterious poacher and discover that it’s not bears causing
the trouble, but trolls!
Like I said, this is a found-footage movie, meaning
(for those who might not know the term) that it’s a feature put together by
one-handed video footage (like a home movie), with a disclaimer at the
beginning stating that it is all authentic and received anonymously/found by
someone or some company. The Blair Witch Project is the most famous of this genre where the ‘cast’ act as the crew
as well, making it less of a movie and more of an on-the-spot documentary. Troll Hunter definitely takes its status
as a documentary seriously with the trio of college students conducting
interviews, asking all the right questions, and documenting every little thing.
On the other hand, it can be argued that there is a bit of the nature program
in this movie as well in the way that the information regarding trolls is
communicated to the audiences, which is very academic and formal.
The
screenplay is a very entertaining mismatch of everything including fairytales
blended with scientific explanation and ever some religious shades. It’s very
clever and quite refreshing in that it’s unlike a film that I’ve seen before.
Starring Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Morck, Tomas Alf
Larsen, Urmilla Morten Hansen, Robert Stolenberg, Knut Naerum, and Urmilla
Berg-Domaas, Troll Hunter is a
fascinating little film in its hybridity. Filled with action, suspense, drama,
education, and conspiracy, it’s quite entertaining: a little documentary, a
little action movie, and a little bit thriller. I quite enjoyed it.
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