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Jackpot
Director: Magnus Martens, Joe Nesbø (novel)
Cast: Kyrre Hellum, Henrik Mestad, Marie Blokhus
Duration: 86 mins
Language: Norwegian with English Subtitles
Rating: MA15+ - Strong violence
Release Date: 2 August, 2012
Cast: Kyrre Hellum, Henrik Mestad, Marie Blokhus
Duration: 86 mins
Language: Norwegian with English Subtitles
Rating: MA15+ - Strong violence
Release Date: 2 August, 2012
Headhunters is not the only Norwegian film winning the critic’s hearts these days.
Based on an original story by bestseller author Jo Nesbø, directed by Magnus Martens and with a memento to Tarantino’s absurd universe, action-comedy JACKPOT premiered internationally at the New York-based Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), where it screened in the crowd-pleasing Cinemania section – and pleased not only the crowd, but also the critics. Gritty gutsy and peppered with Nesbø's riotous humour, have you recovered for the next ride?
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen (Hellum) awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps, three danagerous ex-cons and their supervisor from a plastic Christmas tree factory in Norway, won 1.7 million kroner on the pools...
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Scandinavian crime drama just goes from strength-to-strength, and this blissfully bloody and deliciously dark film based on a Jo Nesbø story should help reinforce the reputation. It is a savagely funny and brutally stylish pulp thriller that will impress fans of the genre.
- Screen International
- Screen International
If you are hooked on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, you'll love the wave of film adaptations of Edgar-award winning Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø coming your way. In this darkly comic thriller, a man awakens in a strip club, clutching a shotgun and surrounded by eight corpses — and a detective. How did he get there? Think "The Hangover," but as a Scandinavian thriller.
- The Reel Breakdown
- The Reel Breakdown
"I'm overwhelmed with how well JACKPOT was received at Tribeca! It was a truly fantastic experience watching the film together with an American audience, who appreciated the film in a way that I hoped for, but didn't expect or take for granted."
- Director Magnus Martens about the trip overseas.
- Director Magnus Martens about the trip overseas.
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