I just re-saw this move, and it's just as good as i remembered it. I was curious of it's IMDb rating so I had a peek. just to discover that this jewel of a film currently only have 6.7 is something that I find quite outrageous. so I decided to write my own review, and give credit where credit's due!I'v read a couple of reviews here, and I see the people who bad-mouth this movie just don't get it.. It's a (black)comedy so it's not supposed to be taken to serious. If you do take it seriously you'r in for 95 minutes of cynical meaningless violence. Well in that case this movie probably isn't for you. As for me, i found it hysterical!The action sequences are a bit over the top one might say. Then i say:"c'mon c'mon, it's a comedy!", at any rate the surreal car chases and what not is just stating this fact. The effects aren't Hollywood-ish but still not bad for Nordic production, as far as i can see. The dialogue is a work of art itself. Some conversations is just random nonsense, but still just makes the character more believable. And some good linguistic "jokes/spoofs" to, unfortunately some may get lost in translation. With the absurd mix of characters, ranging from sociopathic to suicidal, some just plain insane, you know you'r in for a good pitch black comedy!By the way I have seen "I Kina Spiser de Hunde" as well, but i didn't find it funny in comparison to this movie. So i like to look at it as two separate movies.. or independent movies, or whatever... just my angle:)
... View MoreAfter reading the previous sour comment I feel provoked to make a comment on "Old Men in New Cars", which is absolutely one of my favourite actions movies.The genre is a satiric high-speed kind of action movie, and dark comedy. The two innocent cooks known from "In China They Eat Dogs" is once again forced into criminal actions by their boss, and this time their job is to free their boss' dying stepfather's biological Swedish son, a serial murder of women, from a high security prison in Sweden, and bring him to Denmark to see the dying man.They succeed to bring the guy (who occasionally murder a few women on the way though Sweden) and of course that means lots of trouble and new opportunity for all of them. I like this movie... I like the car chases in small unimpressive cars, the inexplicit humour and play with referrals to other movies.
... View MoreMaybe it actually is terrible amusing to let a psycho molest and abuse people on film, but in that case I completely missed the point here. The main character, Harald, controls a gang of pathetic small time crocks/chefs. Their main focus is to provide Harald's dying mentor with a new organ, because the poor old creature probably drank it away. This leads them in the arms of the mentors estranged son, a Swedish serial killer with a longing for fatherly love that he compensates for by abusing and strangulate women - well, with the exception of Iben Hjejle, who used to date a football player, that the gang happened to kill.....doh...sounds kind of lame right? Well, it is.Avoid this piece of nonsense, and instead go and rent "Pusher" or "Bleeder" if you want to experience good and intense Danish crime movies.
... View MoreI thought the first movie was great. Not only did it have cool action and great, if a little bizar humor, it was also slightly philosophical. This movie is devoid of the latter, but I still laughed my ass off. It is a (pre)sequel, and taken as such, it is quite good. Story is weak and incoherent, direction is shabby, but the dialog, and bizar events, were right on the mark. If you have seen the first, and read this, you should know whether or not you will enjoy it. I know I did, even if it couldn't match up to the first (Hey, not much can.) So enjoy.
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