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:
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 won 1,7 million on the pools...
Thursday 2nd August
86 min
MA15+
To Be Advised
