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Headhunters

#1 Post by a_person » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:07 am

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Directed by Morten Tyldum
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Plot: An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

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#2 Post by Beate » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:16 am

Wow, there genuinely wasn't a topic for this yet, and we have three screenings for it already!
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#3 Post by a_person » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:18 am

I know I was shocked too! I swear I thought elski had done one previously.

And what do you mean three? I only have two down on the front site? Which one am I missing? :shifty:
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Re: Headhunters

#4 Post by funthing29 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:19 am

The Jameson screening. ;)

But that was a draw/comp.
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#5 Post by a_person » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:20 am

oohhhhh yesssss. The one you and canadian_turtle got me tickets for while I was abroad (thank you once again guys!)! LOL.

When is that again? How do you cancel those tickets?
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#6 Post by kevinknapman » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:23 am

Here's my review from the London Film Festival thread last October. I enjoyed it but it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Really want to see it again but none of the upcoming screenings are particularly convenient.
Saw the Norwegian thriller Headhunters at midday. An absurd, bloody and blackly comic treat about a headhunter who carries out art thefts.
The lead character isn't particularly nice but the sh*t that he goes through (quite literally at one point) makes it an enjoyable ride. It also gets pretty gruesome at times. By the time our anti-hero is covered in crap and driving a tractor down the road with a dead dog dangling from the front, you know you're experiencing something quite unique. Game of Thrones fans might also want to keep an eye out for Jaime Lannister himself (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) as one of the headhunter's 'victims'.
Not out until April though but worth waiting for and worth catching before the (already announced) US remake
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#7 Post by Beate » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:26 am

I am going to the Sky screening, that one suits me just fine. I have gone off the Jameson screenings to be honest.
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#8 Post by elski » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:06 pm

a_person wrote:I know I was shocked too! I swear I thought elski had done one previously.

And what do you mean three? I only have two down on the front site? Which one am I missing? :shifty:
no I was waiting for one to be started ;)

I've saved up my comment having seen the trailer in the cinema, doesn't the bloke in it look like a young Christopher Walken?
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#9 Post by elski » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:51 pm

the Headhunters twitter account is tweeting from the Jameson thing tonight
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Re: Headhunters

#10 Post by Jayman » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:21 pm

Shortest preview I ever attended. Couldn't see the subtitles over someone's big head in front of me. Hell, could barely even see the screen. Sorry for ditching you Flabber :(
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