In Order of Disappearance (2014)

In Order of Disappearance (2014)

Norwegian Kill Bill

7.3

Movie

Denmark, Norway
Danish, English, German
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
2014
HANS PETTER MOLAND
Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Arben Bala, Arthur Berning
115 min

What it's about

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”

The take

This movie is pretty much in every regard a Norwegian Kill Bill. It’s a dark gory comedy where, naturally, the substitute for Uma Thurman doing damage is an emotionless Stellan Skarsgård. After his son is killed by a drug gang, Skarsgård’s character, fresh off a win of a “citizen of the year” award, embarks on a ruthless journey to track and kill the murderers. This takes place in one of the most remote areas in Norway, where the main character works as a snowplow driver. You guessed it, some people will get snowplowed. Seems familiar? That’s because this year it was turned into a horribly sub-par American movie called Cold Pursuit, with, ugh, Liam Neeson.

Comments

I love this movie. It very dry humor and amazingly acted. The weather is a key character and everything about it is brilliant.

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