Sunday, November 17, 2013

Arme riddere (2011)

Also Known As: Jackpot
Year of first release: 2011
Director: Magnus Martens
Actors: Kyrre Hellum, Henrik Mestad, Mats Ousdal
Country: N
Genre: Black Comedy
Conditions of visioning: 17.11.2013, Schauburg, German version
Synopsis: Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...
Review: This movie was thought as a preparation before my holidays in Norway, and I heard about also as good comedy. Well done! A very black comedy :) The story is taken from a novel of Jo Nesbo. The story confuses the viewer between truth and lie and reminds for that Usual suspects. But all the story is told with such a humour, with very funny caricatures of the inspector and the colleagues of Oscar. The acting is not so demanding and all act correctly their roles. Some secondary characters are really well worked, like the quite policeman of the town and the owner of the stripper. The rest of the directing is correct with some good funny ideas.
Rating: 6 /10

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