This is a Danish/American film. It's an American production, set in Denmark, with English and Danish dialog. The actor playing Sandor is a "Danish rap artist." (I SO want to go on a rant here about cultural appropriation, but I won't.) The actor playing CIA agent Johnnie is probably Dutch. Hard to tell, but I'm going by his name.The film explains away his "funny" accent by saying he grew up with his missionary parents on Curacao. Not buying it.
And I doubt very much that an American audience would be convinced the CIA agent is American either. He's obviously European, so the film has an aura of inauthenticity right from the get go. The screenwriter adapted the script from his own novel--one based on true events in his life. That's the second problem. An impartial screenwriter would have likely trimmed away a lot that the novelist/screenwriter probably considered essential, but which actually isn't.
This film fails, partly because of its storytelling technique, and partly because of casting. We're told in the beginning that this is based on a true story, but saying so doesn't give this film any street cred. The other reviewer here suggests it's satirical and that's why parts of it are funny. I think parts of it are so bad they're funny.
I can see that this could have been a good movie; it's certainly ambitious. But that would have required a different screenwriter, director, and cast.
And I doubt very much that an American audience would be convinced the CIA agent is American either. He's obviously European, so the film has an aura of inauthenticity right from the get go. The screenwriter adapted the script from his own novel--one based on true events in his life. That's the second problem. An impartial screenwriter would have likely trimmed away a lot that the novelist/screenwriter probably considered essential, but which actually isn't.
This film fails, partly because of its storytelling technique, and partly because of casting. We're told in the beginning that this is based on a true story, but saying so doesn't give this film any street cred. The other reviewer here suggests it's satirical and that's why parts of it are funny. I think parts of it are so bad they're funny.
I can see that this could have been a good movie; it's certainly ambitious. But that would have required a different screenwriter, director, and cast.