Trollhunter

Boasting in its opening credits to be found footage, edited together and presented as is, TROLLHUNTER is an odd, competent film with little significance. Told from the point of view of a documentary being made (thus, without interviews, structure, etc.) the film begins with a group of college students filming about a possible illegal bear killing. Hearing from other bear hunters in the territory of a mysterious, probable poacher, the students attempt to get an interview out of the man. He is elusive though, but perhaps does not know the convictions of the students and, letting his guard down, mistakenly leads the filmmakers to his secret. It turns out that the mysterious hunter is an officer for troll control. It turns out that ugly, clay-like trolls reside in the high mountains, telephone poles are electrified to keep them in, but there is something wrong with the trolls which is riling them up (and thus sending them into human territory to kill bears and raise suspicions). Approaching its tale seriously, and with glorious special effects to create the trolls, TROLLHUNTER never comes off as anything silly or stupid, and rather it comes off as competent and entertaining. To its detriment though, it's too long for its premise. However, it is still good entertainment.
Trollhunter: ★★★