Before you get Taken to see the Remake (by the same Director) with Liam Neeson, check this one out. It just has more Subtitles- don't be scared...
In a fictional Norwegian Town, Stellan Skarsgard's Son is killed by Mobsters. They cover it up by drugging him with Heroin. It fools the Police.
The distraught man meets his Son's friend- who escaped- tell him the truth.
He has to make a decision- live with this knowledge or do something drastic.
Since it's a Movie, he does the latter. He targets the members of the Mob, even if they later broke out on Game of Thrones!
When that doesn't pan out so well, he has to make some more drastic choices. I won't SPOIL this one though.
Can he avenge his son? Will a Mob War destroy his Town? Will anyone survive?
To find out, watch the Film.
A weird Film, but in a good way. The best comparison I can make is to stuff like In Bruges or The Guard. That's not to say that this Film is unoriginal- not by a longshot!
To find out, watch the Film.
We get a unique Lead, real stakes, great visuals (with the stark Winter landscape), strange humor, sudden bursts of violence and some occasional morals. It's certainly an odd one! In the middle of all of the Plot, there are weird bits of seemingly-random nonsense. For instance, the bad guys randomly crack a joke about our Hero's last name- Dickman- and amuse themselves. The Villain's Cover for his criminal empire is that he's a Vegan Baking Magnate! A kidnapping turns into...something sweet. Fruit Loops becomes a Plot Point for a few minutes.
I watched this the way I *try* to watch all Foreign Films- with the original Track and Subtitles. That actually adds another layer of fun.
Hearing someone say 'Fruit Loops' in that accent (and with great derision).
Hearing someone speak Norwegian with a visible Asian- vague SPOILER, kind of- accent is fun. Hearing the bits of English- like a line from Top Gun!- intermixed is also fun.
This Film is not quite the Action Film that the new one is being sold as. That one has the same Director, but a new Writer.
No matter what happens, we'll always have this weird little Film to enjoy and, hopefully, more to come from this Director in America.
That said, this Poster for the Remake is just...so derivative.
A strange, but striking Film. It has a great visual flair and a way of catching you off-guard with its weird blend of humor, bloody violence and Drama.
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