CoKeen

The camera angle, the light, primarily one performer - I rather had the impression I was watching a piece of theater. If you're not attracted by the actress, if you don't enjoy watching her, it will not work for you. For me it did, moreover, it felt like I attended the rise of a great talent.

The story is about lunatics, this easily attracts my interest. On my ranking list "Shining" pins the lower end opposing the Belgian "Calvaire" which I guess is hard to beat. David Lynch was mentioned here, but that's something different, though if you can enjoy his movies you're more likely enjoy this one too, rather than if you waiting for the next "Saw" sequel.

I quit the movie after 36 minutes so one might think it is unfair to judge. Its just that by that time the Dutch team got so far behind the Danish original ("old men in new cars") there was no chance to make up the deficit. I did not know that I'm going to see a remake from the beginning so I just felt a little uncomfortable when Vuk was introduced. But soon they made clear whom they are going to challenge. From now on I couldn't help but to compare with the original. All of a sudden the actors appeared to be amateurish impostors. You might have experienced the situation someone's telling a joke that is not only well known but also badly presented. What a shame. Such a disgraceful defeat should not be published.

You might like this movie if you like German movies in general. On the other hand this one is as dull as all the others. "Flashback" (1998) was the last German movie entertaining and funny enough to watch it twice. I can't judge if an actor is good or bad. I'm not an expert. All I can say is I just didn't like to have my eyes on the ones I met in this film. Neither my ears, they speak like they have to read a student's script. Nothing more to say about the script anyway. Same with the camera views. After 10 minutes I wanted to leave the theatre but my buddy wanted to stay. I think he consumes anything he paid for to the very end, even if it's a punch on the head. After 30 minutes I wanted revenge. That is why I'm writing these lines. The last 30 minutes me and my buddy had a lot of fun speculating the potential of far more worse turns in the plot. If you love Soaps, don't miss this one. I you're more into cool acting and surprising stories better look out for a Danish movie.