Best movie of this year hands down!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Skandikrimi ( abb.Scandinavian criminal ) genre may not offer as much titles or shows as their Hollywood counterparts , but when they do it will grip you.There is something truly terrifying watching a film with a language not your own, but with the ingenous help of subtitles, the viewer is able to follow the story without blinking for a second. The main character is played by Aksel Hennie, whom I have seen in smaller productions and is a truly gifted actor. There are shots that he will remind you of Steve Buscemi, another underrated character actor. But the tempo of this film goes from office gloss to adrenaline-packed brutality. Some scenes will make you want to check their animal welfare credits, as it is realistic painful-looking, also bloody brutal but well-presented. Knock on wood that it would not be remade. Leave this film as is.

I was intrigued by the premise of the movie and the clearly flawed and complicated but somehow hopeful character of Roger. I also loved that it was Norwegian (I'm American) and all of the Nordic characters, scenes and themes.However, for me, about 30 minutes into the movie it took a few sharp detours and I ended up not really knowing what I was watching. I could not possibly see how the later scenes followed from the earlier scenes, they seemed completely incongruous. The characters began to behave completely irrationally, I guess motivated by some background that we were never told about or something, I was lost.There were many extremely graphic scenes, I guess you can't really get away from the graphic violence these days in any suspenseful movie but I thought they were just way over the top and took me out of the story.I began to lose interest about 2/3 through but did manage to finish, and the ending tied up the story in such wildly implausible tying-of-knots that I literally laughed out loud.I'll definitely watch for the actors again and look forward to seeing other Nordic themed movies. Hopefully they can show some restraint with the gore next time.

Very well done, but truly evil. I'm 65 and if films are reflections of our society and culture then I'm thrilled about global warming and the end of the planet. This little cinematic wonder is about the younger generations who feel the ends always justify the means. They believe in the Trump vision--you only get there by being nasty and grabbing things away from people who are perceived weaker than you are. It's dog eat dog only in this film the dog gets eaten although it's a horrid animal anyway so you don't mind. Everyone of the characters are killers and fakes. They scam each other and everyone else. The most evil really is the main character (a short guy with the typical Napoleon complex) who ends up 'getting away with it.' The moral of this little drama is crime pays as long as nobody finds out about it and you get rid of all the evidence and if you have a baby it solves all your marital problems. Sick heterosexual fantasy. It's one redeeming factor is that it's fast moving like a Bond film--lots of cliffhangers. Good Saturday night fun if you can trick yourself into believing that the real world isn't like this. It is, of course, and we who watch the news know better. Personally, at my age it's just easier to keep the doors locked and stay inside. Humanity isn't all that interesting.

Let's get straight to the point, we have an affluent entrepreneur, (Roger Brown, an every-man's name) who, like so many lead characters, finds themselves dissatisfied with their lifestyle and make the crucial error of reaching for the forbidden unreachable.How does it happen? - Art theft. What makes it even better? The film is all about lead characters 'framing' one another, so off that premise I can certainly confirm something witty, something original and something fleshed out, that manages to not compromise itself with the oft visited action genre/scene that has been tainted heavily by ruinous releases from Hollywood - I could list them for eternity, but I won't. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) the 'headhunter' or 'corporate recruiter' finds himself messing with the wrong guy, an ex-mercenary, Clas Greve that is exquisitely acted by the now renowned Game of Thrones actor, Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau. From this, the film goes from strength to strength as we see Shakespearean-esque deception take the plot with both hands, and drive a previously 'secure' businessman into the ground as the theme of survival in rebirth is widely presented throughout. Themes of love, death, trust and religion are also in the mix and do come to capitalise in the latter scenes of the film, where the ultimate bond of trust through love is tested. It is all bound together in a good range of scenery, quality actors and a sound budget that doesn't make the film seem pretentious or "trying too hard" to be what it isn't. Overall I wasn't swayed by the subtitles, if anything it made the film seem so much more genuine to me. The acting delivered an above par thrill ride and the violence was just about right to quench any person's thirst for a very decent action flick. They rarely make them like this anymore... 9/10