'Headhunters'. A film starring Aksel Hennie, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau and Synnove Macode Lund. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
"My name is Roger Brown," says Aksel Hennie at the start of 'Headhunters'. "I'm 1.68 meters tall." He says at the film's end.
In between those times, director Morton Tyldem drags us into a violent, bloody but sometimes comic drama. Norway is supposed to be a peaceful socialistic-type country where little drama occurs. Well, if that's your idea of Norwar, think again.
Brown{Aksel Hennie} is a corporate recruiter. He's also an art thief married to a lovely tall blonde wife{Synnove Macody Lund} who he's scared of losing. Enter the real villain, Clas Greve {Nicolaj Coster- Waldou}. Then all hell breaks loose.
Brown is at times stabbed, shot, shit-coated and nearly killed. A villain himself, he survives many trials as he journeys through a Nordic hell. 'Headhunters' has changed my image of Norway forever.
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