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Riders of Justice

Country: Denmark, Language: Danish, 116 mins

Original Title

Retfærdighedens ryttere
  • Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
  • Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen; Nikolaj Arcel
  • Producer: Sidsel Hybschmann; Sisse Graum Jørgensen

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They don't come much better than this. It's violent, really violent. And, dark...with some serious outlandish comedy.

Mads Mikkelsen is riding on the crest of a wave, following on from the outrageously good Another Round, Mads sports a hectic beard and shoots to kill...aided and abetted by his three 'overly intelligent' sidekicks.

Now...if this had been played for laughs, it would have stumbled and fallen flat on its face pretty early on. Because...this is no laughing matter. This is the 5 stages of grief...interpreted like you have never seen before. This is all chaotic theory, vicarious psychology, staggering statistics, margins of error...and, blood.

Issues bounce all over the place...from social awkwardness to the autistic spectrum, from child abuse to male prostitution. On scene, mid-way, encapsulates the absolute terror and extent of abuse that has taken place. This is cinematic punctuation that punches a knockout...butt-naked, on all fours...in a field. Jaw-drop and tears.

This really is a dozen fairground attractions all rolled into one...it's exhilarating, thrilling and terrifying. A stunning film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of.

Cast & Characters

Mads Mikkelsen as Markus
Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Otto
Nicolas Bro as Emmenthaler
Roland Møller as Kurt
Gustav Lindh as Bodashka
Lars Brygmann as Lennart
Morten Suurballe as Gert
Jacob Lohmann as Kenneth Pigvaren
Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt as Sirius
Rikke Louise Andersson as Krisepsykolog
Jesper Ole Feit Andersen as Leif
Gustav Dyekjær Giese as Adrian
Jesper Groth as Jesper Groth
Kaspar Velberg as Bicycle vendor
Rigmor Ranthe as Noahs datter