Headhunters

With the success of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' we are getting to see a lot more Norwegian films.

The job of Headhunter has become very popular over the last few years. Film makers are just getting around to putting them into films. This film takes the job to a fairly extreme level. This is one of those films where the lead protagonist does not come across as a very nice guy. Roger Brown might also be a very complex character but he does some not very nice things. He is married to a beautiful woman but still sleeps around. He is so insecure though about loosing his beautiful wife that he need to turn to theft to earn enough money to make her happy. But he is a very nerdy type character so it is understandable. The story is also very well crafted and the way that Roger has the screws put on him is very clever. There is some great use of technology that makes things even more exciting. I was a little bit confused about the motivation of the bad guy Clas, but that did not but off my enjoyment of the film.

This is probably not a nice thing to say but Aksel Hennie has the right look for this film. He has that great mix of nerdiness and sleaziness that makes him perfect to play Roger. Aksel is very good at playing a character we start to hate but soon come to understand and root for. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on the other hand is the opposite. He is a good looking, suave guy who we come to hate over the coarse of the film. Synnove Macody Lund gives a nice performance as the woman that both men love.

A great thriller with plenty of style. There are lots of nice twists and turns which keeps you interested. Even if some of the details are not clear.