Troll

 Often you see those "articles" (aka clickbait) about how this is the best thing on Netflix at the moment, only to find a complete bugger movie.

But I must say, not so for this Norwegian monster movie, it is quite enjoyable (though okay, not the best thing ever as mentioned above).

 

As a young Nora tidemann and her father Tobias roam the mountains to look for the mythology of the area, he tells her various stories and she "sees" in her imagination trolls being turned into mountains.  Years later, a drilling operation through the Dovre mountains results in an eruption with a lot of casualties.

 

Desperate for finding out what happened, the Norwegian government recruits scientists from various fields of expertise, ranging from sinkholes to methane bubbles.  But Nora sees a humanoid, huge shape in the videos, and dentures in the area that can be interpreted as footprints.  Together with government employee Andreas and captain Kris of the military, they go to meet her father to learn more about his troll theory.  When they find the troll in the mountains, her father is killed when gunfire startles the creature, which goes on a rampage as a result.

 

 

An unconventional plan with church bells fails, and the troll starts heading towards Oslo, which is ordered to evacuate.  With her father's notes, Nora learns the truth about trolls in Norway, and how the Royal Palace is build upon their own palace of old, concluding the creature is heading home.  Learning it can`t stand direct sunlight, she traps it using UV tanning beds, but a last minute change of heart makes her wanting to set it free so it can return to the mountains.  However, the sun rises and the monster dies as a result... but are there more trolls in Norway now they learned the truth behind the myth?

 

 

An highly enjoyable monster rampage movie with some nice special effects and a believable plot to be honest if you are into all things myth and folklore.  So yeah, this is worth checking out on Netflix. And the Greta inside joke was hilarious!