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The joy in my heart when the credit 'Directed by Tommy Wirkola' appeared I cannot tell you. One very minor gripe I have with the Netflix approach to stuff is not making me more aware of who the directors of stuff of theirs, but then this *was* heavily recommended to me on their homepage so maybe my gripe is even more minor than I think. Plus that little heart flutter was a lovely moment (taking risks often rewarded on Netters). One of many! *beams*
So I picked this movie purely on it being on my eyeline but the premise appealed too: A warring couple (an actor and a director, both failed) head to their remote cabin (in Norway I think) to chill and build bridges, but actually to secretly kill each other. Bang. That's enough for me. Sold.
I hadn't clocked it was <PERSON> and indeed didn't recognize her at all until her name appeared. 369
I'm feeling cosier with this film by the second. I think <PERSON> loves our <PERSON> more than me even.
So there's more going on with this beyond the above premise. I wasn't expecting what the 2nd half was going to be but it is *pure* Wirkola. The Dead Snows are genuinely some of my fave films and they share a few things with this but one comes to mind in this train of thought, the opening half is solid and fun, the second half? Just insanity with outrageous bloody set-pieces which aim for the funny bone more than anything. There's also the customary destruction of homes and cabins in lush Scandinavian landscape. Absolutely thrilled in my mind. Wasn't settling down for this!
So I went to bed after and was struggling to contain myself, trying not to wake the wife and the dogs. I was literally shaking trying not to laugh at the bit where the human shit fell on the man's face and mouth.
I am 43. 965