Arme Riddere (2011)

Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...

Director:

Magnus Martens

Writers:

Magnus Martens (screenplay), Jo Nesbø (story)

Stars:

Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kyrre Hellum	...	Oscar
Mads Ousdal	...	Thor
Henrik Mestad	...	Solør
Arthur Berning	...	Billy
Andreas Cappelen	...	Tresko
Lena Kristin Ellingsen	...	Trine
Fridtjov Såheim	...	Gjedde
Peter Andersson	...	Lasse
Jan Grønli	...	Clausen
Marie Blokhus	...	Gina
Anne Marie Ottersen	...	Thors mamma
Fredrik Petersson	...	Gøran
Isidor Alcaide Backlund	...	Lasses sønn
Laban Eliasson	...	Svensk politi 1
Margaretha Noole	...	Svensk politi 2

Storyline

Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...

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Plot Keywords:

double cross | ex convict | stripper | soccer fan | lemonade | 

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Taglines:

Based on a story by Jo Nesbø - the author of 'Headhunters'

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian Swedish

Release Date:

27 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jackpot

Company Credits

Production Co:

Det Danske Filminstitut,Fantefilm,Film i Väst

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At about 1:11:55 into the movie, when the landlord confronts Oscar about hearing noises he is reading a Jo Nesbo book (The Leopard). Jo Nesbo is the author of the story behind this movie.

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Connections

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Soundtracks

O Helga Natt
Music by Adolphe Adam
Lyrics by Augustin Kock
Re-recording performed by Henrik Skram and Tora Augestad
Re-recording produced by Jonas Kroon

User Reviews

Scandinavian, dark, and funny.

Black humor with sort of a happy black ending, which is about as close to a spoiler as I want to get.

It's an odd grim movie that starts out really strong and compelling, and while it loses steam as it moves along, it still manages to keep you guessing until the end. It's a bit bloody in parts, but nothing, I'm afraid, that's too terribly shocking to a modern audience.

While this film seems to be assembled from parts of a bunch of different movies ("Very Bad Things", among many others, comes immediately to mind), the end result is reasonably original.

Scandinavians do dark stuff better than anyone else for some reason- -must be the whole Arctic Circle thing or something. Nobody in this film is particularly likable, but it is different enough from American movies and has an excellent foreign ensemble cast, so it's a nice change of pace.

I mean, jeesh it's only 85 minutes long, so you don't have a real big commitment here. Just shut it off, if it doesn't hold your attention, but my guess is that it will, although it's another film that may leave you feeling a bit dirty at the end, which seems to be becoming quite common. That might accurately reflect the world we are living in.