Riders of Justice (2020)

Markus, who has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems like an accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.

Director:

Anders Thomas Jensen

Writers:

Nikolaj Arcel (idea), Anders Thomas Jensen (idea)

Stars:

Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg

4 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Markus
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Otto
Andrea Heick Gadeberg	...	Mathilde
Lars Brygmann	...	Lennart
Nicolas Bro	...	Emmenthaler
Gustav Lindh	...	Bodashka
Roland Møller	...	Kurt
Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt	...	Sirius
Anne Birgitte Lind	...	Emma
Omar Shargawi	...	Palle Olesen / Aharon Nahas Shadid
Jacob Lohmann	...	Kenneth
Henrik Noël Olesen	...	Noah (as Henrik Noël)
Gustav Dyekjær Giese	...	Adrian (as Gustav Giese)
Klaus Hjuler	...	Rocker 1
Peder Holm Johansen	...	Officer

Storyline

Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of.

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Plot Keywords:

train | subway train | train crash | statistics | fired from job | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not the first time that Nikolai Lie Kaas is playing a character called Otto. He played Otto Hvidmann in "The boys from St. Petri" (1991) which was also Lie Kaas' first big screen appearance.

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Quotes

Lennart: ...You're not dead inside. But you're chubby.
Mathilde: What?
Lennart: You're a chubby little salami.

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Connections

Featured in Året der gik (2020)

User Reviews

Finally a wellwritten crimecomedy

A bunch of misfits, most with anger issues, try to go on a rampage, led by a PTSD-suffering Mads Mikkelsen.

This movie features many of the best male danish actors. It has strong perfomances and a laugh out riot dialogue, especially from the supporting cast, that you have to hear to believe.

It's not a revenge-movie per se, but deals with issues like parenthood, friendship, and forgiveness. Because of this, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and think it's the best movie to come out from Denmark in years.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

21 May 2021 (USA)

Also Known As:

Riders of Justice

Filming Locations:

Odense, Fyn, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

$5,300,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$376,314

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, Zentropa International Sweden

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color