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Mikkel NørgaardCamera:
Eric KressActeurs:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik, Danica Curcic, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Marco Ilsø, Beate Bille (meer)Streaming (1)
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In 1994 wordt een tweeling dood aangetroffen in een zomerhuisje. Ze zijn op gruwelijke wijze vermoord. Alles wijst in de richting van een groepje upper class studenten uit een nabij gelegen internaat, maar de zaak wordt abrupt afgesloten wanneer een van de dorpsbewoners schuldig pleit. Twintig jaar later krijgt inspecteur Carl Mørck het dossier in handen en hij vermoedt dat er een luchtje aan de zaak zit. Samen met zijn collega Assad heropent hij het onderzoek. Wanneer ze dieper in de zaak duiken stuiten ze op een oude noodoproep van een wanhopig meisje, Kimmie Lassen, die meer van de moord af lijkt te weten. Als blijkt dat Kimmie al sinds die moordzaak vermist is, starten ze een intensieve zoektocht naar haar. Ze zijn echter niet de enigen... (Lumière Publishing)
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Department Q is more sophisticated and sweeping than The Keeper of Lost Causes and has more interesting supporting characters. Only the awkward plot development in the form of an escape from the cell before the climax spoils the impression of a first-class crime film. And the climax itself could have been longer and more dramatic.
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The previous movie was a bit more demanding. It was a little bit more difficult to get used to the investigator duo. In the sequel it got a lot easier. And despite the fact that the two main actors didn’t showcase a lot of emotions due to the gloomy story, the result was more than interesting. During the whole two hours, I was watching so intensely that it was as if I was watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo again for the first time, which is exactly what I needed from a Scandinavian crime investigation. An excellent story, a gloomy environment, complex characters… what more could I want? I can’t wait for the next movie.
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The tense and overwrought nature of its peripeteias, characters and twists found in The Absent One goes beyond the boundaries on common genre trash to the level of superficially gloomy and coarse comic books for would-be adults. And that’s not even to mention the exploitatively poisonous venting of aggression toward the golden youths and higher social circles, which are depicted here as a rabble of amoral perverts and sadists that make the bad guys from Garth Ennis’s cult films look good. The narrative agitatedly piles up their deviant excesses so viewers can vent their anger in a properly plebs-satisfying medieval spirit.
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I like that the world of Department Q isn't embellished, everything dirty and vulnerable. That's why I was surprised at times by Kimmie's toughness, I couldn’t believe the kind of things she could handle, until it seemed almost out of place in this down-to-earth crime drama. But it actually didn't distract me to much while watching. It's more that I still can't get used to the pacing of the narrative in Nordic films (I've only had a chance to watch a couple of them so far, but each time they felt much longer than they really were). Definitely not a bad film; if you like dirty crime dramas, just jump right on in. A better 3 stars.
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When I was reading reviews of the book, I was sure that it could be something that would entertain me. In the film adaptation, however, that is not entirely true. The characters are good and they entertain me, but the stories don't really captivate me that much. I think much more could have been extracted from this, but it simply didn't work in the film. Nevertheless, I am curious about the next film.
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