Norwegian Ninja (2010)
"Kommandør Treholt & ninjatroppen" (original title)

The true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War.

Director:

Thomas Cappelen Malling

Writer:

Thomas Cappelen Malling

Stars:

Mads Ousdal, Jon Øigarden, Trond-Viggo Torgersen

Cast

Credited cast:
Mads Ousdal	...	Kommandør Arne Treholt
Jon Øigarden	...	Otto Meyer
Trond-Viggo Torgersen	...	Kong Olav V
Linn Stokke	...	Ragnhild Umbraco
Amund Maarud	...	Humla
Martinus Grimstad Olsen	...	Svarte-Per
Øyvind Venstad Kjeksrud	...	Øystein Fjellberg (as Øyvind V. Kjeksrud)
Henrik Horge	...	Kusken
Dean Erik Andersen	...	Kjettingen
Kristoffer Jørgensen	...	Tromsø
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Torgny Gerhard Aanderaa	...	Nyhetsstemmer
Alfred Bortne	...	Endre Bekken
Frederik Dunn Børresen	...	Småflypiloten
Johannes Eilertsen	...	Den Usynlige Skikkelsen
Dag Eliassen	...	Karl Gustav Killing-Jaall

Storyline

The true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War.

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Plot Keywords:

norway | ninja | commander | wreck a movie | ampersand in title | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official blog Official Facebook

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian English Russian

Release Date:

13 August 2010 (Norway)

Also Known As:

New Norwegian Hope

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 17,900,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Euforia Film, Film Fund FUZZ, Tordenfilm AS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scenes in the Stay Behind headquarters were shot in a former NATO operations room, underground at Holmenkollen Leir in Oslo.

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Crazy Credits

The following animals are credited in the film's end credits: Sapphire (as "Reven"), Dina (as "Tootsie"), Obama (as "Det sorte fåret"), Ask, Varg and Irgas (as "Ulvene"), Elgvin (as "Elg-oksen"), Svea (as "Elg-kalven"), Rødpus and Katja (as "Gaupene") and finally Fia (as "Fjellreven").

User Reviews

Not really Ninja

The movie tries really hard to pay tribute to old (Grindhouse) movies and is constantly aware that the audience is in on the joke. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Unfortunately all the winks and tributes do not work as well as I think the filmmakers intended them to be in the first place.

The short running time will be a relief to almost everybody, because the movie does feel longer (although I couldn't tell you why). The story has it's (twist) moments and it does have a few nice surprises along the way, that make this a not so bad experience. As another reviewer said, depending on your taste you might even like this better than the rating it got here. But for the rest: Rent it first, see if you like it and then you can still buy it, if you really want to