I have very mixed feelings about this movie. There are a lot of pros: 1) Great cast. Assad's optimistic character was a great contrast to Carl's brooding and tormented one. The two leads were perfectly cast for their roles and had good chemistry. The brain-damaged brother was great, as well.
2) Fast moving: Overall, the movie moves fairly quickly - although, I don't mind a slow-moving drama.
3) Raw and emotional: These characters have been through so much, you really feel for them. The brother, Carl, Merete, Carl's partner, even Assad (we know something happened for him to end up working with Carl, we just don't know what).
4) Well written: We learn why the psycho targeted her and why he went after others. The storyline comes together well and everything eventually makes sense.
Cons: 1) Some scenes were just too sadistic for my taste, but I can't dock points from a movie just because my personal taste does not run to sadistic scenes. The plyer scene? What's up with that? Was it really necessary? 2) They choose Merite out of all the cold cases to start with because apparently, she was "so pretty". This is mentioned several times in the movie where reference is made to her beauty. I hope if I ever go missing, my picture looks good.
I guess that is all - so overall, more pros than cons. If you can deal with the sadistic aspects of it (after all, it does deal with a psychopath), it is a good movie. Some of the scenes with poor Merite were near impossible for me to watch. But I knew it was a dark movie going into it.
2) Fast moving: Overall, the movie moves fairly quickly - although, I don't mind a slow-moving drama.
3) Raw and emotional: These characters have been through so much, you really feel for them. The brother, Carl, Merete, Carl's partner, even Assad (we know something happened for him to end up working with Carl, we just don't know what).
4) Well written: We learn why the psycho targeted her and why he went after others. The storyline comes together well and everything eventually makes sense.
Cons: 1) Some scenes were just too sadistic for my taste, but I can't dock points from a movie just because my personal taste does not run to sadistic scenes. The plyer scene? What's up with that? Was it really necessary? 2) They choose Merite out of all the cold cases to start with because apparently, she was "so pretty". This is mentioned several times in the movie where reference is made to her beauty. I hope if I ever go missing, my picture looks good.
I guess that is all - so overall, more pros than cons. If you can deal with the sadistic aspects of it (after all, it does deal with a psychopath), it is a good movie. Some of the scenes with poor Merite were near impossible for me to watch. But I knew it was a dark movie going into it.