A group of young college students get more than they bargained for when they join forces with gruff and grizzled hunter Hans (a nicely crusty portrayal by Otto Jespersen), who tracks down and takes care of rampaging renegade trolls for a mysterious government agency.Writer/director Andre Ovredal keeps the engrossing story moving along at a brisk pace, grounds the fantastic premise in a plausibly mundane everyday reality, offers a fascinating wealth of information on the mythology of trolls, makes fine use of the beautiful Norwegian scenery, and even tosses in some neat conspiracy stuff for good measure. The CGI trolls are impressively monstrous and convincing while the scenes with the trolls running amok are quite intense and harrowing, with a sequence in a troll-infested cave standing out as a definite nerve-wracking highlight. Hallvard Braein's dynamic hand-held cinematography gives this film a jolting and invigorating immediacy. A nifty beastbash.

Finally got round to seeing this after hearing good things for some time but being wary of the documentary style. Turns out that this 'found footage' Norwegian film about the possibility of trolls being real is not without interest. Well made with very impressive creatures and even in the rain the woods and landscape looks pretty good. Apart from the troll aspect this is not very original and I will never get to enjoy watching a film as if on a boat being tossed about at sea. I know, found footage and all that but after establishing that can't we just view things without the camera being waved about? Anyway, some good chases, great views, some suspense but there was opportunity for more and there is the question of the humour. Otto Jespersen is the troll hunter and does very well in the role, mixing ghastly warnings of doom and wry humour. I understand that he is a comedian of note in his own country and that the film includes more comedians in smaller roles. I can only assume therefore that some of the most awkward and embarrassing moments were comedy elements that just don't work so well for non Norwegians. Worth a look for something a bit different but could have been so much better.

This movie look so ridiculous the fist time I saw the cover but I'm so glad it proved me wrong, I really liked it for something so simple the idea was great, a bunch of collage students go following a troll hunter on his daily routine, the CGI was pretty amazing not perfect but way better that say the mummy returns and Gods of Egypt.A unique way to justify the style of found footage with the subject of folklore making it very creative. I was so glad this movie doesn't suffer from the headache inducing shaky-cam that some other found footage fall into.This proves with good ideas you can do a great film everything is placed on how you tell the story and with great characters the combination is perfect.I say give it a watch, I guarantee it will surprise you.

I'm not typically a fan of "found footage" movies but I'm going to make a happy exception for Troll Hunter. I found the film to be surprisingly entertaining and enjoyed the take on Nordic myths. The characters never felt stale although a few tropes were trotted out. I especially liked the character of Hans, the eponymous Troll Hunter. World weary and tired of his job, he comes across as somebody who's done a dangerous and thankless job for way too long. The special effects where surprisingly good and the trolls were believable threats. A large part of that, especially early in the film, is due to the shots being at night and therefore any problems with the animation aren't as readily noticed. It lost a few stars due to a couple of plot points that didn't feel resolved to me. Overall though the movie is fun and a welcome addition to my movie collection.