This eccentric little ride, which made some noise at Fantastic Fest a couple of years ago, offers up a fictionalized account of the events surrounding Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt who was found guilty of selling military secrets to the Soviets in 1984. In this fantastical imagining of the story, Treholt (a stone-faced Mads Ousdal) is the leader of King Olav’s super secret anti-terrorist ninja squad who train on a remote island near Oslo. This rat-tag group of fighters often find themselves up against another top-secret government outfit that stages false communist terrorist attacks to scare “the ignorant masses.” Golan-Globus this is not. Unless you’re up on Norwegian history, much of the political and social satire might not exactly translate. But “Norwegian Ninja,” among other things, is also a low-tech homage to Cold War espionage films and works in spite of any cultural divide. Those drawn to the title with visions of hardcore ninja action,...
- 11/20/2011
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Norwegian Ninja
Stars: Mads Oussdal, Jon Oigarden, Trond-Viggo Torgersen | Written and Directed by Thomas Cappelen Malling
Norwegian Ninja is the debut feature by author-turned-filmmaker Thomas Cappelen Malling and tells the (fictitious) story of Arne Treholt, who in real life was a former Norwegian social democratic politician and diplomat, who in the 80s was convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
However in Malling’s mad-cap movie Treholt (Oussdal) is a highly trained member of Norway’s covert ninja force. Discovering a sinister plot against Norway lead by Treholt’s nemesis, Meyer (Oigarden), an operative of an anti-Soviet force funded by Nato, Treholt and the ninja force must fight to defeat Meyer’s co-conspirators in the name of King Olav.
On paper Norwegian Ninja sounds like a genius idea – a real life politician re-imagined as the leader of a secret Norwegian ninja force,...
Stars: Mads Oussdal, Jon Oigarden, Trond-Viggo Torgersen | Written and Directed by Thomas Cappelen Malling
Norwegian Ninja is the debut feature by author-turned-filmmaker Thomas Cappelen Malling and tells the (fictitious) story of Arne Treholt, who in real life was a former Norwegian social democratic politician and diplomat, who in the 80s was convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
However in Malling’s mad-cap movie Treholt (Oussdal) is a highly trained member of Norway’s covert ninja force. Discovering a sinister plot against Norway lead by Treholt’s nemesis, Meyer (Oigarden), an operative of an anti-Soviet force funded by Nato, Treholt and the ninja force must fight to defeat Meyer’s co-conspirators in the name of King Olav.
On paper Norwegian Ninja sounds like a genius idea – a real life politician re-imagined as the leader of a secret Norwegian ninja force,...
- 4/17/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
With the holiday season nearly upon us King Olav of Norway - founder of the illustrious Royal Norwegian Ninja Force - would like to pass his greetings on to his loyal subjects.
Yes, the observant among you will recognize the King as Trond-Viggo Torgersen from Bent Hamer's O'Horten but that doesn't make his ninja force any less deadly.
The dialogue, for those who don't speak Norwegian, is simply "Dear countrymen, Happy Easter".
Yes, the observant among you will recognize the King as Trond-Viggo Torgersen from Bent Hamer's O'Horten but that doesn't make his ninja force any less deadly.
The dialogue, for those who don't speak Norwegian, is simply "Dear countrymen, Happy Easter".
- 3/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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