Jar City
(2006)
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Jar City
(2006)
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| Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | ... |
Erlendur
(as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson)
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Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir | ... |
Eva Lind
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| Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | ... | ||
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Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir | ... |
Elínborg
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Atli Rafn Sigurðsson | ... | |
| Kristbjörg Kjeld | ... |
Katrín
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Þorsteinn Gunnarsson | ... |
Holberg
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Theodór Júlíusson | ... |
Elliði
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Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir | ... |
Elín
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Guðmunda Elíasdóttir | ... |
Theodóra
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Walter Grímsson | ... |
Handrukkarar
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Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson |
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Magnús Ragnarsson | ... |
Lögfræðingur
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Rafnhildur Rósa Atladóttir | ... |
Kola
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Jón Sigurbjörnsson | ... |
Albert
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Örn's daughter is dead because of a rare genetic disease. By this time Erlendur has to find Holdeberg's killer. He has to find out what happened 30 years ago and to connect it with his case and he has another problem...His relationships with his daughter. Written by SpartakM
This is a well made, enjoyable crime thriller that manages to sustain tension and interest throughout its run time and marries this with some well handled comic moments. The main character, Erlunder, is a multi-layered and believable, ageing, seen-it-all-before cop, while the scenes involving discovery of dead bodies are skin-crawlingly well acted and nauseously realistic.
However, given the kind of budgets and talent available to producers of TV crime series these days, Jar City suffers from the fact that the plot really could form an episode of CSI:Rejkjavik or, dare I say it Taggart (a old British crime series). There are no huge surprises or twists in the tail - it is, essentially, a standard, old fashioned who/why dunnit.
However, what sets Jar City apart from CSI and its ilk is the cinematography. Obviously I've seen images of Iceland before - but I've never seen it captured in such a bleak, but beautiful fashion. Iceland itself is centrally important to the character of this film (and might even be said to be one of the characters) and its strangely picturesque scenery and, in some cases, downright weirdness, make Jar City worth watching just for this alone.