Kvinden i buret
Kvinnen i buret
Kvinnan i rummet
Directed by:
Mikkel NørgaardScreenplay:
Nikolaj ArcelCinematography:
Eric KressCast:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Peter Plaugborg, Per Scheel-Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm, Søren Pilmark, Divya Das (more)VOD (1)
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Tough chief detective Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) heads up the newly established Department Q – a place where old, terminated cases go to die. Under explicit orders to only read and sort through cases with his new assistant, Assad (Fares Fares), just a single day passes before Carl’s stubborn nature throws him headfirst into the mysterious case of a female politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago. The only witness was her brain damaged brother who was found on the car deck, screaming at the top of his lungs. As Carl and Assad follow the clues and inconsistencies, they discover a crime of unimaginable horror. (Madman Entertainment)
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Reviews (7)
If I had seen the movie first and probably didn't know anything about the book, it wouldn't captivate me that much. I could easily imagine this as a very good introduction to a TV series. The plot is simple but well structured, the characters are interesting and definitely not boring, but as a start to a film series, it didn't seem that strong to me. Good, but not exceptional.
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A screenplay for a decent TV detective film adapted to the big screen by adding attractive visuals and a stellar cast.
However, the film is merely average due to the absence of moments of surprise, its simple story and the presence of
genre clichés. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was more sophisticated and multilayered.
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An excellent crime drama that doesn't try to throw in unnecessary twists and turns and instead goes purely for its goal, focusing on a very strong emotional conclusion. Lie Kaas is solid, unemotional, I'm not used to him in such a role. It feels a bit like a pilot to a series, and why not, I'm quite curious about the other Department Q cases.
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Another terrific Nordic mystery that feels rather more intimate (e.g. when compared to the Millennium trilogy), but overall an excellent opening to the loose Department Q cold case series. A great main duo that, while fulfilling perhaps every possible genre schema/cliché (the formerly successful, now downgraded investigator with a tendency to alcoholism and the ad hoc assigned partner who comes across as a perfect wimp at first); on the other hand, is one of the supporting elements of the whole narrative and I'm very curious to see the evolution of the two main characters in the next installments.
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An unfortunately executed adaptation. It is based on an ironic (and funny) anti-bureaucratic toned, House-style novel by Mørck and a psychological depiction of the investigator and the victim. Contrarily, the standard genre plot is more an essential excuse linking everything together than anything else. But here the two most special assets that make this different from the regular productions of this genre are thoroughly overshadowed and the stress is put purely on the crime storyline; and that is as run-of-the-mill as is possible in this genre.
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