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Shorta

  • 2020
  • 12
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
7.6K
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Shorta (2020)
The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi (19) was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.
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Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.

  • Directors
    • Frederik Louis Hviid
    • Anders Ølholm
  • Writers
    • Anders Ølholm
    • Frederik Louis Hviid
  • Stars
    • Jacob Lohmann
    • Simon Sears
    • Tarek Zayat
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    7.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Frederik Louis Hviid
      • Anders Ølholm
    • Writers
      • Anders Ølholm
      • Frederik Louis Hviid
    • Stars
      • Jacob Lohmann
      • Simon Sears
      • Tarek Zayat
    • 53User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 24 nominations total

    Videos6

    Official Trailer [eng sub]
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    Enforcement: Mike And Jens Brawl (US)
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    Enforcement: Mike And Jens Brawl (US)
    Enforcement: The Chase (US)
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    Enforcement: The Chase (US)
    Enforcement: Shootout (US)
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    Jacob Lohmann
    Jacob Lohmann
    • Mike Andersen
    • (as Jacob Hauberg Lohmann)
    Simon Sears
    Simon Sears
    • Jens Høyer
    Tarek Zayat
    Tarek Zayat
    • Amos Al-Shami
    Dulfi Al-Jabouri
    Dulfi Al-Jabouri
    • Sami
    Issa Khattab
    • Iza
    Abdelmalik Dhaflaoui
    • Danjiel (Iza's friend)
    Özlem Saglanmak
    Özlem Saglanmak
    • Abia
    Lara Aksoy
    • Amira
    Arian Kashef
    Arian Kashef
    • Osman
    Ali Abdul Amir Najei
    • Osman's bodyguard
    Imad Abul-Foul
    • Store owner
    • (as Imad Abul Foul)
    Wagma Dicent
    • Store owner's wife
    • (as Wagma Khattak)
    Jonas El Keh
    • Store owner's youngest son
    • (as Jonas Lubbad)
    Jousef Sobhie
    • Store owner's oldest son
    Anna Tulestedt
    • Woman in convenience store
    Michael Brostrup
    • Captain Hedegaard
    Josephine Park
    Josephine Park
    • Rønning
    Mads Rømer
    • Møller
    • Directors
      • Frederik Louis Hviid
      • Anders Ølholm
    • Writers
      • Anders Ølholm
      • Frederik Louis Hviid
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews53

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    5thomas-1094

    The story is just not believable

    The movie suffers from a story that is just too far from reality to be believable. The main plot is interesting, but I really struggled to believe the characters and the details in the story. It tries to portray a somewhat political message without succeeding and it ends up just being too predictable.
    9klauslangholz

    Super intense movie

    If you are to watch one police movie all year, then this is it. I won't spoil too much, but you are sucked in from the first five minutes and left breathless for the rest of movie. Absolute must see. Especially, if you're Danish of course.
    7freddy_at_home

    Good movie! Watch it on a weekend with beers and pizza

    I am one of those who are pretty tired of fake reviews. No need to make fake reviews about this movie, it's a pretty good movie without the "over the top" reviews made by some random crew or what ever.

    It's not Judge Dredd (as some said) and it's not pumping action from start till end (also said) but it's a good solid quality Danish movie. A bit of a gangster feel, but not much really. If this had been an American movie, it would have been just another typical cop movie. But being a Danish movie, it's not like that and it feels a bit deeper.

    You can read all about what it's about, so skipping all that. I think it was a good pizza-weekend-movie and it wasn't boring. It had a good story and good acting all over. This is no big CGI movie, and more of a character and story building movie. A big relevant story these days. I believed in it.

    I liked it, so did my buds. We agreed on it being entertaining enough and it kept us off the phone. But, one or two almost cracked. Just almost... There really isn't anything new about this movie, that we haven't seen before. But as I wrote over here, being Danish. it gave a different feel about it.

    Worth checking out! Me and my friends ended up on a 7 out of 10
    7ValleDk

    Gets it right.

    Thumbs up. First og all great performance by everyone. And second the action is Way better this time for Danish Movie standards, and besides the Movie gets quite a few things right, such as cops Can be bad, and a Young man with Dark skin Can be harrassed, and the system is not flawless, and people do change when they come close to the reality, and some make mistakes and regrets Them. So glad that they showed these things from different angels, and Got Them spot on. Well done.
    4kevinlloyd-26393

    Has promise, but fails to deliver

    I found the story compelling and interesting and promising, and the intense premise kept me watching and wanting to know what would happen, but I just found myself disappointed.

    Great acting and solid writing, but I was frustrated by the directing to some extent, particularly the poorly filmed or edited fight scenes.

    I appreciated the good cop, bad cop theme, but found that just fell apart over the course of the movie. For some reason the focus shifted from the good cop and the person he was protecting, to a long stretch where all we saw was the bad cop and what he was dealing with, even though we lost all sympathy for him by that point and didn't really care to get to know him. That didn't make any sense.

    The final moments were certainly a twist, and also didn't make sense. Honestly a lot of build up and suspense for a weak ending.

    In all, this movie had promise, but ultimately fails to deliver.

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    • Trivia
      The script's working title was "Panser" (Danish word for "armor" which is also slang for "cop" ), until director Anders Ølholm changed it to "Shorta" - the Arabic word for Police.
    • Connections
      Featured in Dansk films bedste: Børneliv og På kant med loven (2022)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Sergey Kolosov

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    • Release date
      • June 23, 2021 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Denmark
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Toolbox Film (Denmark)
    • Languages
      • Danish
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Enforcement
    • Production companies
      • Toolbox Film
      • Det Danske Filminstitut
      • Scanbox Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,272
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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