Last Exit

Well, seen this movie at the Slagtehal3 Bio at a special screening last May and thought it would be nice to comment.

Obviously, this one is not high budget, so was not expecting too much. The story itself is quite interesting, but what really stands out is the acting performances, amazing for this type of production, all were really really solid, I must say.

Special mention must go to the sultry Gry Bay, who plays a very sexy role, she steals the show in all her scenes. I look forward to seeing her in Zentropa's "All about Anna".

So worth checking out, expect many twists, shocks and surprises, as what is expected of these movies - but this film packs a lot more punch than normal for such a production!

This movie is an ambitious project with pretty good acting, but it suffers from some writing and technical problems. First, the good things. After I watched it I learned that the budget for this was about $1500, and if that's true, then getting this project completed is an impressive feat. Shot on location, you get a good feel for the neighborhood where the story takes place. The costumes, set design, and art direction are good at conveying the proper atmosphere for the scenes, and above all the acting is good and for the most part convincing. Now for the bad things. The writing, while not horrible, has enough holes and unanswered questions that it's hard to enjoy the story; certain things were unbelievable or unexplained. The most interesting characters to me were the drug dealer and the bartender, but their philosophical points didn't get explored as much as I would have liked, which in my opinion would have made this movie more interesting. The sound was at times difficult to understand and should have been overdubbed in post production (but if the entire budget was $1500 I can understand why this wasn't done), and most importantly, it was very uneven in spaces. Sound effects and music were at times unreasonably loud. Finally, this movie had a lot of scenes, especially at the end, that were so dimly lit that it was impossible to tell what was going on. Overall, a decent effort, but there were too many script and technical problems to be overcome by the good acting.

Saw this movie at Weekend Of Fear; Film Festival at the Metropolis Cinema; Nuernberg.

I really enjoyed this low budget thriller from Denmark spoken with English dialogues! It was very stylish and atmospheric; with interesting images of life on the rough and seedy side of Copenhagen; all told with dark humor!!

Tha story has many funny; strange twists especially near the end; a bonus was the superb pop-rock soundtrack; overall it felt like a mixture of "Pusher" and "Slacker".

Check out this great little movie if you can; highly recommended!