Once the hunt really gets started, the film gets unnecessarily gross. The film is adapted from a novel by jo nesbo, the norwegian crime writer who is now up there beside the swedes henning mankell and stieg. In its opening weekend, the film was seen by 104,000 norwegian moviegoers. The film is fairly faithful to the book, except the book provides much more psychological underpinnings to the happenings. Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter roger brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. Shot over 40 days on a small budget in and around oslo, the subtitled film is already a success. Headhunter redemption, the 2003 sequel to the movie headhunter. This film had more triple gainers going for it than any movie ive seen in a while. Headhunters norwegian with english subtitles trailer youtube.
With morten tyldum, the movies director, the story is different. Headhunter 2009 film, a 2009 danish film directed by rumle hammerich. Headhunters stars the talented aksel hennie max manus as roger, a charming scoundrel and norways most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and. Films based on books, norwegian films, crime films, thrillers, crime. Summit entertainment, an american company, has bought the rights to remake the movie in english. The crime thriller based on jo nesbos novel is already the most successful norwegian film of all time. Headhunters hodejegerne is a norwegian film made in 2011 starring aksel hennie as roger brown, a diminutive talentseeker who covers his extravagant spending by stealing precious works of art. In this stopmotion short film, a bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs. Hodejegerne 2011 yellow bird norge as, friland film as, nordisk film as. Swift, amoral and nicely unpredictable, a bloodier norwegian variation on film noir from the 40s, the thrillerheadhunterscomes from a 2008 novel by. Headhunters is a 2011 norwegian action thriller film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by jo nesbo. Reviewed in the united kingdom on 21 december 2016. Movies based on books, norwegian movies, crime movies, crime thrillers, thriller movies.
A warrior travels wild expanses on horseback, pursuing the monster that murdered his daughter. Its an odd combination, and often a bracing one its not often, i would. Headhunters is a coen brothersesque film with incredibly dark humor, extreme suspense, and moments of gory, cathartic violence. Norwegian headhunters movie recommendation taylor holmes. His job gives him access into the homes of the rich where he steals and sells valuable paintings on the black market. The film is adapted from a novel by jo nesbo, the norwegian crime writer who is now up there beside the swedes henning mankell and stieg larsson, and the screenplay is the work of lars gudmestad. Norways equivalent to the very best of the coen brothers. The norwegian film headhunters, which had been slated for an english language remake with mark wahlberg circling, is now being developed into an hbo series. An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Hodejegerne 2011 yellow bird norge as, friland film as, nordisk film as, degeto film gmbh roger brown is successful, charismatic and always gets what he wants. He finds out that one of his job prospects is in possession of a valuable painting and sets out to steal it. Headhunters norwegian with english subtitles movies on. Behind the scenes of headhunters 20 minutes this is also in norwegian with english subtitles. Hodejegerne is a 2011 norwegian action thriller film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by jo nesbo. Unlike too many thrillers that depend on stunts, special effects and the queasycam, this one devises a plot where it matters what happens.
Mark wahlberg wants in on remake of norways thriller. Headhunters beats the girl with the dragon tattoo in. Headhunters movie is a thriller directed by morten tyldum, following the story of roger, a charming scoundrel and norways most accompli. Headhunters was filmed in norway, and we watched it with english subtitles. Headhunters isnt a pretty film, and it doesnt always entirely make sense, but it. Roger brown aksel hennie happens to be one of norways most brilliant talent scouts aka headhunter. Headhunters movie is a thriller directed by morten tyldum, following the story of roger, a charming scoundrel and norways most. Headhunters an insanely entertaining norwegian thriller. Following in stieg larssons footsteps, this is the first adaptation of king of the airport. Headhunters norwegian with english subtitles trailer. And the girlfriends loyalty throughout the film is more than a little incredible.
Murder and trouble hits veum when he meets up with classmates in the rockband camp, when he resumes contact with a former flame rebecca, now wife of his buddy. At times this felt like the norwegian version of no country for old men. The film has some fairly grisly violence, but also considerable humor and the sort of intricate, thoughtthrough storytelling youd expect from hitchcock or the coen brothers. The film was directed by morten tyldum and stars aksel hennie, nikolaj costerwaldau and synnove macody lund. He lives a life of luxury well beyond his means and chooses to subsidize his expensive lifestyle through stealing highly prized art. Its a norwegian film and its one of the best movies ive seen in a long time. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. English language headhunters film remake cancelled in. If the producers of this movie have their way, norwegian noir will be the new stockholm suspense. The film, based on the edgar award nominated norwegian authors 2008 novel hodejegerne headhunters, follows a highly successful corporate headhunter, who sidelines as an art thief, roger brown aksel hennie as he tries to obtain an extremely rare and valuable peter paul rubens painting, lost since world war ii, from former elite solider clas. Wahlberg said, i saw a film recently called headhunters. His thirst for revenge is the driving force of a film constructed with very few elements, minimalistic and epic at the same time, where fantasy and horror find their more physical and gory incarnations. Headhunters official movie site starring aksel hennie.
Its a norwegian film with english subtitles or for those of a less pure disposition theres an english audio dub. So begins headhunters, an intense norwegian thriller based on the bestselling novel by jo nesbo. I dont really want to go into spoilers because this film is best enjoyed going in completely fresh. Headhunters movie is a thriller directed by morten tyldum, following the story of roger, a charming scoundrel and norways most accomplished headhunter. He got a bafta nomination for headhunters, and, more than that, he is the imitation games director as well. A varg veum mystery by bestselling crime novel by gunnar staalesen. Brown is the protagonist of headhunters, norways highestgrossing film of all time. The imitation game director morten tyldum is looking to bring his breakthrough feature, headhunters, to the u. Hodejegerne is a 2011 norwegian film directed by morten tyldum. By day he is an unrivalled corporate headhunter and husband to his beautiful wife diana, but by night is a prolific art thief with a keen eye for great antiquities. Hodejegerne, a 2011 norwegian film directed by morten tyldum.
Headhunters is the first screen adaptation of a book by jo nesbo, the norwegian novelist best known for his crime series starring a loosecannon detective. One day, he stumbles upon a 100 million dollar artwork owned by the handsome, mysterious, and taller clas greve, a former ceo of a gps company. Norwegian headhunters movie recommendation, because you dont have enough norwegian in your life right now america. Headhunters original version norwegian with english. Headhunters adapts a book by the norwegian jo nesbo. The norwegian helmer has teamed with the films producer yellow bird the girl. When his beautiful wife, an art gallery owner, introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all in order to obtain it, and.
Both headhunters and max manus feature norwegian star aksel hennie. Translated by don bartlett headhunters was made into a film in 2011, directed by morten tyldum and starring aksel hennie return to top of the page our assessment. Roger is a charming scoundrel and norways most accomplished headhunter. Its a norwegian film and its one of the best movies ive. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. His day job, thieving hobby, insecurities, and immaculately beautiful wife all collide to form this darkly comedic thriller in which he, the headhunter, becomes headhunted by one of his clients.