After recently getting hold of the bonkers The Hypnotist on DVD,I started looking round for a new Nordic Noir title to uncover.Reading a great review on the movie from a fellow IMDber recently,I was pleased to spot a non-Marvel (!) Stellan Skarsgård film appear on Netflix Uk,which led to me getting set to see things disappear.
The plot:
Working in a small Norwegian town, Nils Dickman spends the day going round on his snow plough clearing the roads,Settled into his calm life,Nils is horrified to receive news that his son has died of a suspected heroin overdose. Believing that his son would never do heroin,Nils does his own investigation,and finds out that his sons death was a murder,covered up by two thugs working for an underworld gang. Kicking down doors,Nils tracks the thugs down and pushes them to give him a full list of their gang,before killing them. Completely unaware of Nils,gang leader "The Count" begins to suspect that the disappearance of his thugs is the starting pistol to a gang war.
View on the film:
Noting down Nils's kill list,director Hans Petter Moland & cinematographer Philip Øgaard give the title a freezing cold Nordic Noir atmosphere,with the metallic reflections of The Count's mansion blinding him from seeing Nils on the attacks,and the "disappearances" Nils commits grazing the mountains of snow. Cutting the Nordic Noir with a comedic bite, Moland drives a peculiar line of dark comedy in the snow,nailed in crosses being put on screen as Nils chucks a new dead body over a cliff,and smooth crane moves mapping out the small town folk charm of Nils surroundings.
Making a list and checking it twice,the screenplay by Kim Fupz Aakeson keep the episodic nature of Nils revenge attacks from drying up,by getting Nils to unintentionally kick off a gang war run on Nordic noir loyalty,and cold,dirty "business" money. Along with putting a steak of Noir in The Count's heart, Moland jabs with deliciously quirky black Comedy,from the small town folks being completely clueless about what is taking place around them,to some less than mature puns on Nils second name: Dickman. Peacefully going round clearing the snow, Stellan Skarsgård gives a great performance as Nils,thanks to Skarsgård making Nils fatherly warmth freeze into a burnt-edged Noir assassin,as Nils starts to put the disappearances in order.
The plot:
Working in a small Norwegian town, Nils Dickman spends the day going round on his snow plough clearing the roads,Settled into his calm life,Nils is horrified to receive news that his son has died of a suspected heroin overdose. Believing that his son would never do heroin,Nils does his own investigation,and finds out that his sons death was a murder,covered up by two thugs working for an underworld gang. Kicking down doors,Nils tracks the thugs down and pushes them to give him a full list of their gang,before killing them. Completely unaware of Nils,gang leader "The Count" begins to suspect that the disappearance of his thugs is the starting pistol to a gang war.
View on the film:
Noting down Nils's kill list,director Hans Petter Moland & cinematographer Philip Øgaard give the title a freezing cold Nordic Noir atmosphere,with the metallic reflections of The Count's mansion blinding him from seeing Nils on the attacks,and the "disappearances" Nils commits grazing the mountains of snow. Cutting the Nordic Noir with a comedic bite, Moland drives a peculiar line of dark comedy in the snow,nailed in crosses being put on screen as Nils chucks a new dead body over a cliff,and smooth crane moves mapping out the small town folk charm of Nils surroundings.
Making a list and checking it twice,the screenplay by Kim Fupz Aakeson keep the episodic nature of Nils revenge attacks from drying up,by getting Nils to unintentionally kick off a gang war run on Nordic noir loyalty,and cold,dirty "business" money. Along with putting a steak of Noir in The Count's heart, Moland jabs with deliciously quirky black Comedy,from the small town folks being completely clueless about what is taking place around them,to some less than mature puns on Nils second name: Dickman. Peacefully going round clearing the snow, Stellan Skarsgård gives a great performance as Nils,thanks to Skarsgård making Nils fatherly warmth freeze into a burnt-edged Noir assassin,as Nils starts to put the disappearances in order.