Troll Hunter is a fictitious, sci fi film that is shot in documentary style. It is a Norwegian language film. I watched it in English subtitles.
A group of college students are working on a school project. They want to do a news piece on an enigmatic bear poacher. The bear poacher turns out to be actually a troll hunter employed by the government TSS (Troll Security Service)
Otto Jerpersen is perfectly cast as the troll hunter. His character is believable. As you'd expect from a covert killer, he is jaded and terse but not a cookie cutter tough guy. He has a human side that is wonderfully subdued.
The college students are played very well. Nice acting. They come across as the skeptical yet naive, fight the system types that are in over their heads, as often kids are. Their expressions transition from child like awe to horror perfectly.
With the exception of the scenes where the characters re running. (there are not too many,) the camera work is pretty steady. You won't feel nauseated after seeing this film.
Monster films are tough to make. The audience never satisfied with how the monsters look. The troll animation is not bad. I expected worse. Trolls apparently come in different sizes. I was disappointed at the look of the smaller cave-dwelling trolls. To me it was just a better than average Halloween costume. The larger trolls though, they get up to 50 feet if you didn't know that folk, looked good enough to keep my interest..
A bold film to make. It combines suspense, conspiracy theory, good acting, uniqueness all in one nice mockumentary. Check it out.
PG-13
103 minutes
2010
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A group of college students are working on a school project. They want to do a news piece on an enigmatic bear poacher. The bear poacher turns out to be actually a troll hunter employed by the government TSS (Troll Security Service)
Otto Jerpersen is perfectly cast as the troll hunter. His character is believable. As you'd expect from a covert killer, he is jaded and terse but not a cookie cutter tough guy. He has a human side that is wonderfully subdued.
The college students are played very well. Nice acting. They come across as the skeptical yet naive, fight the system types that are in over their heads, as often kids are. Their expressions transition from child like awe to horror perfectly.
With the exception of the scenes where the characters re running. (there are not too many,) the camera work is pretty steady. You won't feel nauseated after seeing this film.
Monster films are tough to make. The audience never satisfied with how the monsters look. The troll animation is not bad. I expected worse. Trolls apparently come in different sizes. I was disappointed at the look of the smaller cave-dwelling trolls. To me it was just a better than average Halloween costume. The larger trolls though, they get up to 50 feet if you didn't know that folk, looked good enough to keep my interest..
A bold film to make. It combines suspense, conspiracy theory, good acting, uniqueness all in one nice mockumentary. Check it out.
PG-13
103 minutes
2010
Check Out This Other Great Review by TurtleDog
Terrific Foreign Film about Polish Solidarity Strike - Click Here For Review
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