Synopsis
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
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Cast
- Aksel HennieRoger Brown
- Synnøve Macody LundDiana Brown
- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauClas Greve
- Julie R. ØlgaardLotte
- Kyrre Haugen SydnessLander
- Valentina AlexeevaNatasja
- Reidar SørensenBrede Sperre
- Eivind SanderOve Kjikerud
- Nils Jørgen KaalstadStig
- Joachim RafaelsenBrugd
- 90
Wall Street Journal
A transgenre thriller that glides effortlessly from crisp social commentary through off-kilter comedy to paranoid terror, it's on my short list of the most enjoyable movies in recent memory. - 90
Wall Street Journal
A transgenre thriller that glides effortlessly from crisp social commentary through off-kilter comedy to paranoid terror, it's on my short list of the most enjoyable movies in recent memory. - 83
The A.V. Club
Headhunters' title rapidly turns literal, and what seemed like a lightweight heist thriller careens into a bloody-minded game of cat and mouse. - 83
The A.V. Club
Headhunters' title rapidly turns literal, and what seemed like a lightweight heist thriller careens into a bloody-minded game of cat and mouse. - 80
Empire
A slick thriller which takes place in a moral vacuum. It's fascinating rather than exciting, but makes for chilly thrills with two strong, charismatic lead performances, a great deal of style and amusingly repulsive, ruthless twists. - 80
Total Film
A nice blend of Scandinavian sophistication and Hollywood slickness, Headhunters is an entertaining Nordic noir achievement – and sure to be tagged as this year's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The compact Hennie is a wonderful actor, smoothly congenial when confident, uproarious when rattled. And he will be rattled-as well as stabbed, shorn, bitten, mangled, and worse. - 80
Time Out
Though the film wraps up its spinning-plates narrative a little too neatly, this is still a Scandi-noir to die for.