I Kina spiser de hunde (1999)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Lasse Spang Olsen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 September 1999 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Plot:

Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Bank Robber | Brother Brother Relationship | Angel | Bar

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Kim Bodnia	...	Harald
Dejan Cukic	...	Arvid
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Martin
Tomas Villum Jensen	...	Peter
Peter Gantzler	...	Franz
Trine Dyrholm	...	Hanne
Line Kruse	...	Astrid
Brian Patterson	...	Vuk
Søren Sætter-Lassen	...	Henning (as Søren Sætter Lassen)
Lester Wiese	...	Richard
Jesper Christensen	...	Bartender
Lasse Lunderskov	...	Jørgen
Preben Harris	...	Erling
Slavko Labovic	...	Ratko
Zarko Labovic	...	Onkel (Uncle)

Also Known As:

In China They Eat Dogs (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish | English | Serbo-Croatian | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Café Langebro, Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Steen Herdel Filmproduktion

Goofs:

Continuity: The alarm clock in the opening sequence shows 6:45 am and a while later, it starts beeping but still shows 6:45 am.

Quotes:

Harald: How was the trip to the graveyard?
Peter: It was okay.
Harald: Good. Mind' doing another run?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Zulu Late Night, Live!: (#1.1)" (2009)

A great action comedy. Black humor at it's best.

This is a very funny movie that entertains you all the way. Something happens from the beginning through the end. Even during the subtitles people stayed, to hear the last jokes. Many of the things happening has been done before, but here is added some typical Danish black humor. Like when one guy, shoots another guy, and then calmly asks him to shut up. And even though the poor guys brain is all over the room, you can't help laughing. I think there are 22 killings in the movie, but it's done in a way, so you never takes it serious. You are always aware that this is a movie, and it's all just for fun.

I think it can be compared to Pulp Fiction, for the way people gets killed, and to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in the way the main characters are trying to raise money, with all the problems and killing this leads to.

I will give this a 9 of 10, because it's a little superficial, and not totally original, but I haven't laughed so much for a long time. Not since I saw the other new Danish top comedy Den Eneste ene in the spring.