The Troll Hunter is easily one of the best examples of the found-footage genre: enjoyable, fun and engaging. The clean, grounded narrative has great momentum throughout, its credibility enhanced immeasurably by three energetically naive performances by the college students who become embroiled with Norway's lone troll hunter, a gritty and hard-bitten performance that gives the film gravitas in the same way that Robert Shaw gave to Jaws. The spectacular grand-scale vistas provide a believable backdrop for the fantasy elements - these trolls are huge - and the escalating encounters are cleverly shot with a level of camerawork that winningly conforms to the found-footage conceit and also demonstrates a strong degree of creativity and professionalism. The mix of humour, documentary, tragedy and fantasy is for the most part convincingly handled, making this movie a strong piece of film-making and which renders the proposed American remake utterly redundant.
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