Generally speaking, when pop culture tries to portray metal culture, or metalheads, or even just extreme music, it ends up being, at best, something vague that gestures in our direction. But this full length professional film did metal right. I was surprised too.
62 Reviews
A surprisingly good Finnish comedy
jere198814 March 2018
I am a (Finnish) metal head so I had some expectations when I bought the ticket. At least the subject was close to my heart. Finnish comedies in general are broadly cringe-worthy and I have not paid for a movie ticket to see a Finnish flick maybe ever before.
It has many funny moments for a regular Joe, but definitely you are going to be able to pick up much more from this if you are familiar with the metal scene. Subtle references to Finnish artists here and there put constantly a smile on my face.
There are a few interesting characters, and one absolutely hilarious one.
Some scenes were completely not funny and unnecessary for the story to be interesting. Still the good scenes and lovable characters were capable of making me laugh numerous times, so the overall feeling afterwards was very good.
It has many funny moments for a regular Joe, but definitely you are going to be able to pick up much more from this if you are familiar with the metal scene. Subtle references to Finnish artists here and there put constantly a smile on my face.
There are a few interesting characters, and one absolutely hilarious one.
Some scenes were completely not funny and unnecessary for the story to be interesting. Still the good scenes and lovable characters were capable of making me laugh numerous times, so the overall feeling afterwards was very good.
well...i didn't see that coming!!
paneos6 February 2019
It's the first time in my life that i am writing a rewiew and i feel deep inside of me that i had to do it.
to tell you the truth i didn't even knew the existence of that film..i don't even remember where i found it but it was worthing my time.a very nice movie funny easy to watch and to enjoy.i recommend highly to all metal heads and if you are not familiar with metal it doesnt matter you will love it too.
i have to say that as a Greek i loved the Finnish language,i cant imagine that movie in English.
to tell you the truth i didn't even knew the existence of that film..i don't even remember where i found it but it was worthing my time.a very nice movie funny easy to watch and to enjoy.i recommend highly to all metal heads and if you are not familiar with metal it doesnt matter you will love it too.
i have to say that as a Greek i loved the Finnish language,i cant imagine that movie in English.
"It is better to crap yourself than to be forever constipated."
Bored_Dragon18 October 2018
This sentence perfectly summarizes the Finnish comedy "Heavy Trip". In some backwoods in Finland, four metalheads have been practicing other people's songs for twelve years, without having one of their own, nor have they ever performed before the audience. By chance, they encounter one of the organizers of the biggest Norwegian metal festival and give him their demo tape. On one occasion, it was convenient to frontman to lie that they were invited to participate in the festival, but then the lie spread and situation got completely out of control. The band decides to write an original song and appear at the festival uninvited, come what may. Of course, anything that can go wrong will go wrong and the guys will find themselves in the wildest adventure of their lives.
I can not say that the movie is objectively particularly good, but as a metalhead myself, I really enjoyed the ride. The story is original, and adventure is, although totally over-the-top, essentially very realistic and full of life. The humor is mostly mediocre, but there are some hilarious moments, and there's some touching drama too. The acting is good and dialogues I can not judge because I do not speak Finnish and I do not trust subtitles nearly enough to evaluate based solely on them. And of course, the metal sound is something I'm always happy to hear in the movie, even if it's a subgenre that I do not normally listen to. If you do not have too high expectations, you will surely have good fun.
7/10
I can not say that the movie is objectively particularly good, but as a metalhead myself, I really enjoyed the ride. The story is original, and adventure is, although totally over-the-top, essentially very realistic and full of life. The humor is mostly mediocre, but there are some hilarious moments, and there's some touching drama too. The acting is good and dialogues I can not judge because I do not speak Finnish and I do not trust subtitles nearly enough to evaluate based solely on them. And of course, the metal sound is something I'm always happy to hear in the movie, even if it's a subgenre that I do not normally listen to. If you do not have too high expectations, you will surely have good fun.
7/10
Hilarious Finnish Comedy
tmartin-7872113 October 2018
A funny and extremely clever satire of the Finnish and Norwegian death metal scene. You of course don't have to know anything about metal to enjoy this little gem of a movie, but if you do it's icing on the cake. If your a fan of the show metalocalypse definitely check this out. Also check it out if you are just a fan on fun indie comedies and don't mind subtitles. I don't mind subtitles, but I do feel they can hurt comedies as so much of the genre relies on the success and wittiness of the dialogue. Translations don't always carry through, and unfortunately I do feel the translations hurt this film slightly for those of us that don't speak Finnish. But the acting, and rememberable situations do speak for themselves. 7.5/10 (which is a high score for me.)
They're On A Mission From Satan
misfitone3828 November 2019
This is "The Blues Brothers" for fans of Black Metal. Metalheads are going to enjoy it more than those who aren't fans of the genre. Its still good for a few laughs even if you aren't familiar with the instantly recognizable opening of Pantera's "Walk."
At the very least, it injects humor and shows a lighter side of a musical scene that's notorious for church burnings in the 90's, or that one of these bands once used a photo of the corpse of a former bandmate (after committing suicide) as an album cover.
At the very least, it injects humor and shows a lighter side of a musical scene that's notorious for church burnings in the 90's, or that one of these bands once used a photo of the corpse of a former bandmate (after committing suicide) as an album cover.
Hilarious spoof destined to become a comedy classic
mewalsh-2730922 April 2018
It's not easy for non English language films to acquire cult status, but the Finnish Hevi Reissu ("A Heavy Metal Trip") has as good a chance as any. A cross between "The Full Monty" and "This is Spinal Tap", the themes are about facing your demons, whether asking out the village's prettiest girl or daring to perform in public. Well worn clothes these, but especially the film's first half hour has a enough good gags to bring the house down with laughter.
No serious knowledge of heavy or any other kind of metal is needed to enjoy the inspired lunacy. Even if the jokes slow a bit in the second half, there's still enough wit to carry the film through its increasingly fantastical plot and logical conclusion. Criticism about the ending doesn't resound with this viewer: metal music is about fantasy and myth, well injected here.
Released initially in only a few Finnish cinemas as a late night romp, this film is a joy waiting to be discovered worldwide. Let's hope the subtitlists have talent.
No serious knowledge of heavy or any other kind of metal is needed to enjoy the inspired lunacy. Even if the jokes slow a bit in the second half, there's still enough wit to carry the film through its increasingly fantastical plot and logical conclusion. Criticism about the ending doesn't resound with this viewer: metal music is about fantasy and myth, well injected here.
Released initially in only a few Finnish cinemas as a late night romp, this film is a joy waiting to be discovered worldwide. Let's hope the subtitlists have talent.
whaaaaw !
Kirpianuscus2 May 2020
Whaaaaw ! seems be the reasonable reaction after the final credis end. First, it is a huge surprise. If you know Scandinavian hard rock realities, it can be a gift, I suppose. But the film is an energetic , fascinating comedy. A real montagne russe , great in each detail, honest in profound sense, reflecting parenthood reactins, love stories, huge ambitions and unconventional baths , remembering Kusturica universe and being so...human. Short, adorable.
Fun in a Weird Way
westsideschl25 December 2018
Death heavy metal is actually big in Finland. Supposedly "based on mythology, occultism, Satanism or crappy fantasy literature". So, small town band of four having gone nowhere for a dozen years other than the basement of one of their parents decide to give it a bigger stage in a Norway festival. What follows is a lot of humor & slapstick (I guess) such as naming themselves w/disgusting body functions as strong possibilities (e.g. Impaled Rektum); grinding up a dead reindeer carcass for it's blood which is inspiration for a song. The acting & music were so good I couldn't tell if they were just actors or actual playing musicians. Puzzled by one scene - paying for a bouquet of three flowers cost 20 Euros ($22) - really?
Great movie
Spooder26 September 2018
So I watched the movie without any expectations and gotta be fair the movie was damn good and funny as well. Highly recommeneded for metalheads and people who just want to have a good laugh.
P.S. that was my 1st movie from Finland and I loved it. Keep up the good work metal bros and sisters.
Cheers
P.S. that was my 1st movie from Finland and I loved it. Keep up the good work metal bros and sisters.
Cheers
Very enjoyable movie...
paul_haakonsen17 November 2021
The 2018 Finnish comedy "Heavy Trip" (aka "Hevi Reissu") somehow managed to elude me until now late in 2021. I had the opportunity, finally, to get to sit down and watch it, and of course I did, since I have been listening to metal for more than 35 years myself.
Actually I hadn't even heard about "Heavy Trip" had it not been because of an acquaintance mentioning the movie. So I sought it out and tracked it down, managing to get my hands on it shortly thereafter. And I will say that I was immediately sold on the cover alone.
The storyline told in "Heavy Trip", as written by writers Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen and Jari Olavi Rantala was definitely an enjoyable and entertaining one. "Heavy Trip" was rather unique, and it does a great job mixing different genres of movies into a single entertaining one. So thumbs up to the writers on that accomplishment. And I will say that the whole concept of a brutal metal band and their aspiration for their first gig as portrayed in the movie here was fun to watch.
I am by no means familiar with Finnish cinema, so all the performers in the movie here were unfamiliar faces to me. But I will say that they definitely had a good ensemble of skilled actors and actresses in the movie. And the movie was definitely nicely carried by the performances of Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen and Max Ovaska.
The character gallery in "Heavy Trip" was interesting and enjoyable. The characters were well-written and given good, suitable and believable dialogue. And I will say that the characters were definitely multi-faceted aspects and personalities. And the movie gave room for some nice character development along the way.
With "Heavy Trip" being a movie about a brutal death metal band, of course you have music in the movie. And the music that was being used to personify the band was just spot on. And it added so much atmosphere to the movie.
If you enjoy metal music, then you should certainly sit down to watch "Heavy Trip".
My rating of "Heavy Trip" lands on a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.
Actually I hadn't even heard about "Heavy Trip" had it not been because of an acquaintance mentioning the movie. So I sought it out and tracked it down, managing to get my hands on it shortly thereafter. And I will say that I was immediately sold on the cover alone.
The storyline told in "Heavy Trip", as written by writers Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen and Jari Olavi Rantala was definitely an enjoyable and entertaining one. "Heavy Trip" was rather unique, and it does a great job mixing different genres of movies into a single entertaining one. So thumbs up to the writers on that accomplishment. And I will say that the whole concept of a brutal metal band and their aspiration for their first gig as portrayed in the movie here was fun to watch.
I am by no means familiar with Finnish cinema, so all the performers in the movie here were unfamiliar faces to me. But I will say that they definitely had a good ensemble of skilled actors and actresses in the movie. And the movie was definitely nicely carried by the performances of Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen and Max Ovaska.
The character gallery in "Heavy Trip" was interesting and enjoyable. The characters were well-written and given good, suitable and believable dialogue. And I will say that the characters were definitely multi-faceted aspects and personalities. And the movie gave room for some nice character development along the way.
With "Heavy Trip" being a movie about a brutal death metal band, of course you have music in the movie. And the music that was being used to personify the band was just spot on. And it added so much atmosphere to the movie.
If you enjoy metal music, then you should certainly sit down to watch "Heavy Trip".
My rating of "Heavy Trip" lands on a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.
Great flick, not just for metalheads
rooprect2 October 2019
"Heavy Trip" joins my list of movies about a specific genre of music that everyone can enjoy even if you don't know, or even hate, the genre. Other films include the Japanese "Swing Girls" (swing & old school jazz), the American indie "Patti Cake$" (rap) and of course the ones that started them all, the Christopher Guest music mockumentaries "A Mighty Wind" (folk) and "This Is Spinal Tap" (hard rock). How do these films work so well? It's because foremost they introduce funny, quirky, loveable losers whom we can all associate with, regardless of musical taste, cultural origin or language. When done right, the story of the artistic underdog is universal.
Here we are introduced to 4 of the loveable-est, loser-est underdogs who ever cranked their amps to 11. The main character "Turo" is a long-haired metalhead who can't seem to get on stage without vomiting like a possessed demon girl. He is joined by his bandmates "Pasi" a freakish bass genius who's 1 pocket protector short of Einstein, "Jynkky" a drummer who's so hardcore he keeps the beat even during heart failure, and the guitarist "Lotvonen" who draws inspiration from the sounds of reindeer carcasses being ground into hamburger.
(Quick note about reindeer mutilations and the sort. All animal action is hilariously fake, including one wrestling scene with a crazed wolverine that is quite obviously a stuffed prop. No animals were sacrificed, nor actual reindeer blood spilled, in the making of this film. I hope.)
What follows is a cute, quirky, quasi-surreal unfolding of events surrounding the efforts of their band "IMPALED REKTUM" to make it to a metal festival in Norway, including but not limited to, attacks by rival lounge singers, questionable cops, a few rocket launchers, sword wielding Vikings, and perhaps even death itself. Do they ever make it to the show? Tune in and find out.
Here we are introduced to 4 of the loveable-est, loser-est underdogs who ever cranked their amps to 11. The main character "Turo" is a long-haired metalhead who can't seem to get on stage without vomiting like a possessed demon girl. He is joined by his bandmates "Pasi" a freakish bass genius who's 1 pocket protector short of Einstein, "Jynkky" a drummer who's so hardcore he keeps the beat even during heart failure, and the guitarist "Lotvonen" who draws inspiration from the sounds of reindeer carcasses being ground into hamburger.
(Quick note about reindeer mutilations and the sort. All animal action is hilariously fake, including one wrestling scene with a crazed wolverine that is quite obviously a stuffed prop. No animals were sacrificed, nor actual reindeer blood spilled, in the making of this film. I hope.)
What follows is a cute, quirky, quasi-surreal unfolding of events surrounding the efforts of their band "IMPALED REKTUM" to make it to a metal festival in Norway, including but not limited to, attacks by rival lounge singers, questionable cops, a few rocket launchers, sword wielding Vikings, and perhaps even death itself. Do they ever make it to the show? Tune in and find out.
Fun with Finnish Black Metal roadtrip
HairyMart120 April 2019
A struggling Finish Black Metal Band may seem to be not the best choice for a heartwarming comedy, but surprisingly here it works really well. Impaled Rektum (yes that's the name of the band) have been practicing for a long time - 12 years and not one gig. A chance, and bloody encounter, with a metal promoter changes things, and the band galvanized by the opportunity to appear at a festival begin their epic saga. Hints of Spinal Tap and Blues Brothers are understandable, but for the most part film creates it's own, mostly slapstick based humour - including the worst choice for a stag do fancy dress, and a lot of Scandinavian humour, which translates really well. Not sophisticated in anyway but very funny, and always taking its music seriously, quite accessible for those of a non- black metal disposition.
Good music but not much else
punde24 September 2018
1 star for authentic, good music.
1 star for the few and far between funny jokes.
1 star for relatively good dialect/accents from the actors.
20 minutes of good stuff, 65 minutes of Finnish movie cliches and forced narrative.
Would've worked better as a short film, maybe 30 minutes tops. Not garbage but extremely underwhelming and mostly boring.
20 minutes of good stuff, 65 minutes of Finnish movie cliches and forced narrative.
Would've worked better as a short film, maybe 30 minutes tops. Not garbage but extremely underwhelming and mostly boring.
Has its moments, but where's the metal?
TdSmth515 August 2021
A group of friends in a small town in Finland has a metal band that has been playing nothing but covers for 15 years. One day they decide to write their own song and come up with a song that's pretty great. They run into the promoter of a Norwegian metal festival and give him their demo tape.
For reasons unknown the singer makes up the story that the promoter invited them to play at his festival. From being treated like a bunch of losers they become the town's heroes.
When they're supposed to play in front the the town folk it turns into a disaster and they end up admitting that they won't play in Norway. Still, the friends decide to travel to Norway and play in the parking lot if necessary.
In the end they make it to the festival and their determination gives them a spot on stage.
Heavy Trip is a fairly good-natured, low-key, light comedy about kids living routine lives and who for a moment get to pursue their dream of making it big in metal. There's something here especially for folks who are into extreme metal: coming up with a band name, developing a logo, producing promo shots with no budget, finding transportation, a casket crowdsurfing and more. Then there's your usual romance story involving the lovely Minka Kuustonen. There's some unlikely scenarios which are funny nonetheless like the whole border terrorism skit.
Missing though is the music...in a movie centered around metal music. There's the one song the kids come up with, which is fantastic. There are some low-volume songs in between scenes. But for the most part extreme metal is mostly absent in this movie no doubt as to not offend the audience. But that way the production only manages to alienate the crowd who is most likely to see this movie to being with: metalheads.
This movie then is ok for what it is, but it could have been more.
For reasons unknown the singer makes up the story that the promoter invited them to play at his festival. From being treated like a bunch of losers they become the town's heroes.
When they're supposed to play in front the the town folk it turns into a disaster and they end up admitting that they won't play in Norway. Still, the friends decide to travel to Norway and play in the parking lot if necessary.
In the end they make it to the festival and their determination gives them a spot on stage.
Heavy Trip is a fairly good-natured, low-key, light comedy about kids living routine lives and who for a moment get to pursue their dream of making it big in metal. There's something here especially for folks who are into extreme metal: coming up with a band name, developing a logo, producing promo shots with no budget, finding transportation, a casket crowdsurfing and more. Then there's your usual romance story involving the lovely Minka Kuustonen. There's some unlikely scenarios which are funny nonetheless like the whole border terrorism skit.
Missing though is the music...in a movie centered around metal music. There's the one song the kids come up with, which is fantastic. There are some low-volume songs in between scenes. But for the most part extreme metal is mostly absent in this movie no doubt as to not offend the audience. But that way the production only manages to alienate the crowd who is most likely to see this movie to being with: metalheads.
This movie then is ok for what it is, but it could have been more.
Holy Driver
owen-watts22 December 2022
This Finnish extreme metal comedy is tonally very strange, sitting somewhere between kids TV and gross-out stoner film, we follow a wannabee metal band from anonymity to fame via death, destruction and a whole barrel full of heavy-handed plot contrivances. It's a fairly likeable sort of affair, and despite the wigs and the occasional sacrilege it's quite refreshing to see full-on extreme metallers portrayed as 'the good guys' in something. It's not winning prizes for authenticity but as shallow European comedies go, it functions relatively well and has some fascinatingly cartoonish set pieces.
When Spinal Tap meets Blues Brothers meets Tolkien
suviljan15 April 2020
This is an absolutely hilarious dark comedy of a Finnish jerkwater heavy metal band, with all the tropes and cliches of the heavy metal culture present, both defied, averted, downplayed and absolutely played straight. A brilliant example of Finnish contemporary movie culture.
This moie is about a talented but an absolutely shy and introverted heavy metal band, who after 12 years of jamming and playing together in a basement of a reindeer slaughterhouse (where one of the members work), finally wants to make the big break and aims high. And everything goes horribly right.
If you are a metalhead, LARPer or generally interested in the geek culture, this movie is a must!
This moie is about a talented but an absolutely shy and introverted heavy metal band, who after 12 years of jamming and playing together in a basement of a reindeer slaughterhouse (where one of the members work), finally wants to make the big break and aims high. And everything goes horribly right.
If you are a metalhead, LARPer or generally interested in the geek culture, this movie is a must!
Utterly charming
alboeshow24 August 2018
Spinal Tap for a new generation
DeadMansTrousers5 December 2018
This movie had me laughing hysterically the entire time. It plays on every single "metal head" stereotype and it does so successfully which is what makes it so funny. This movie will easily looked back on as a cult classic years from now.
7? Seriously???
bap_tsagio13 April 2020
If it was 2000 and I was a 10 years old maybe I would laugh at few parts.
An extremely stupid film with anachronistic.... pffff........ "humour".
I gave it 5 stars only for the production, which was good, and some scenery. A complete waste of time.
I gave it 5 stars only for the production, which was good, and some scenery. A complete waste of time.
Heavy Metal, Finnish Style
alisonc-131 July 2018
Turo (Johannes Holopainen) and his buddies Lutvonen (Samuli Jaskio), Jynkky (Antti Heikkinen) and Pasi (Max Ouaska) have been friends since childhood in their remote Northern Finnish village, but they're all misfits; they bond over creating a heavy metal band in which they do great covers of other bands' songs and which never, ever plays before a live audience. You see, Turo has crippling stage fright, though he tries to hide it from his friends. He's also in love with Mila (Minka Kuustonen), but she's taken the eye of relatively successful lounge singer Jouni (Ville Tihonen) and Turo is just too shy to say a word. Until, that is, the opportunity arises for the band to play a heavy metal festival in Norway - if they can only get there in one piece....Here you've got a head-banging road trip comedy in which everything is against our heroes but still they strive to overcome. It's in equal parts deafeningly loud, hilariously funny and actively madcap with respect to the adventures these young men find themselves stumbling into. There's even a Spinal-Tappish scene that practically outdoes Spinal Tap, which is *really* saying something. Great noisy fun!
Amazed
eliannewallenius6 October 2018
Great Fun Ideas and Headbanger Sound
madli-5-943459 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
A band that exhumes their dead drummer, kidnaps a patient of a psychiatric clinic and nearly starts a war. Maybe the best description for the crazy journey of one band from the northern Scandinavian countryside.
Since the legendary "This Is Spinal Tap" from 1984, that the filmmakers of this movie also quote as an influence, the last years have been good for Hard Rock cinematic art. Alone in 2013 even three hit the screens: the short film "Necronomica", the comedy "Pop Redemption" (german title "Happy Metal - All We Need Is Love!") and epic "Málmhaus" (german "Metalhead"). Together with Stormbringer, the Filmcasino took the responsibility and presents the latest Metal comedy "Heavy Trip".
This amazing piece is brought to you by Finnish production company Making Movies Oy. Finland is also where the story begins, in the village Taivalkoski. The basic story follows four outsiders who play in a band, never played a gig or wrote a song but by accident see the opportunity to play a festival abroad in Norway. The dream of being successful with the own Rock is a real one for many, and documentaries like "The Story of Anvil" brought it to a bigger audience.
For their gig at the festival, the band around main character Turo finally finds a name - Impaled Rektum, and writes the very first song "Flooding Secretions" after an incident at the clinic where Turo works. But the gig is based on a lie, and as drummer Jynkky dies, they've reached the bottom. Also the movie itself fights few weaknesses, but the grandiose humor and jokes help to get over them. The absurd border scene that nearly leads to the war makes a bit think of "Iron Sky". Close to the end, the band gets help from Vikings from a LARP. And all over the film, you can find sweet little jokes of the Metal scene like when Journi says about getting the girl "The Chase is better than the catch" or Lotvonen's dad waves goodbye with his ring- and middle finger missing.
And then you even get the lovely small Finnish details, the swearwords from "Vittu" to "Perkele", the beautiful old Finnish women's bike Turo rides and the guksi he drinks off when practising. With all of this and the affecting ending, not only for Metal lovers, Heavy Trip is big fun.
Since the legendary "This Is Spinal Tap" from 1984, that the filmmakers of this movie also quote as an influence, the last years have been good for Hard Rock cinematic art. Alone in 2013 even three hit the screens: the short film "Necronomica", the comedy "Pop Redemption" (german title "Happy Metal - All We Need Is Love!") and epic "Málmhaus" (german "Metalhead"). Together with Stormbringer, the Filmcasino took the responsibility and presents the latest Metal comedy "Heavy Trip".
This amazing piece is brought to you by Finnish production company Making Movies Oy. Finland is also where the story begins, in the village Taivalkoski. The basic story follows four outsiders who play in a band, never played a gig or wrote a song but by accident see the opportunity to play a festival abroad in Norway. The dream of being successful with the own Rock is a real one for many, and documentaries like "The Story of Anvil" brought it to a bigger audience.
For their gig at the festival, the band around main character Turo finally finds a name - Impaled Rektum, and writes the very first song "Flooding Secretions" after an incident at the clinic where Turo works. But the gig is based on a lie, and as drummer Jynkky dies, they've reached the bottom. Also the movie itself fights few weaknesses, but the grandiose humor and jokes help to get over them. The absurd border scene that nearly leads to the war makes a bit think of "Iron Sky". Close to the end, the band gets help from Vikings from a LARP. And all over the film, you can find sweet little jokes of the Metal scene like when Journi says about getting the girl "The Chase is better than the catch" or Lotvonen's dad waves goodbye with his ring- and middle finger missing.
And then you even get the lovely small Finnish details, the swearwords from "Vittu" to "Perkele", the beautiful old Finnish women's bike Turo rides and the guksi he drinks off when practising. With all of this and the affecting ending, not only for Metal lovers, Heavy Trip is big fun.
oh, dear
kriszti-8394928 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I had probably to high expectations because I didn't like this movie at all. It was most of the time boring. Yes, there were little funny scenes, but nothing that would have made the whole film experience any better. I don't know why the vomiting scene had to be done twice. It was discusting enough the first time. It was also a bit unbelievable that one of their band mates died after he avoided a collision with a reindeer and had a bit of a rough stop with his van and the same time when the rest of the team jumps off a cliff a and lands on another cliff, no injuries or harm is done to any of them. Not that it had many realistic scenes. For me it was a waste of time.
Expected worst, got best
AnusPresley4 May 2019
This is simply wonderful, charming and joyous. Yes it has grave robbing, but hey, it's in _context_...
Finland. Land of the dour and those that understate everything. The opposite of Hollywood. Bunch of metal heads talk themselves up and then have to live up to it. Believe it or not, the result is a sweet and subtle comedy that does not offend the over sensitive metal subcult as can be seen from reviews here.
I liken it to _Bad Santa_. While you watch it, your mouth is open and you are confused. Only when it's finished and you reflect, you realise you just watched something special and need to watch it again. This is a gem amongst the cowpats. It is a treasure.
Finland. Land of the dour and those that understate everything. The opposite of Hollywood. Bunch of metal heads talk themselves up and then have to live up to it. Believe it or not, the result is a sweet and subtle comedy that does not offend the over sensitive metal subcult as can be seen from reviews here.
I liken it to _Bad Santa_. While you watch it, your mouth is open and you are confused. Only when it's finished and you reflect, you realise you just watched something special and need to watch it again. This is a gem amongst the cowpats. It is a treasure.
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