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A man living on both sides of the law is caught in a dangerous game in this thriller from Norwegian director Morten Tyldum.

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ProducerAsle Vatn

EAN5060116727135

eBay Product ID (ePID)113774110

Product Key Features

ActorNikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnove Macody Lund, Aksel Hennie

Film/TV TitleHeadhunters

DirectorMorten Tyldum

LanguageNorwegian

Run Time100 Mins

Release Year2012

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesMaking of

GenreThriller, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureNorway

Additional InformationA man living on both sides of the law is caught in a dangerous game in this thriller from Norwegian director Morten Tyldum. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) makes his living as a corporate recruiter, finding talented people who work for other companies and making them lucrative offers to join the firm currently signing his paychecks. Roger's work pays a handsome salary, but he suffers crushing insecurity when it comes to his beautiful wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund), and he constantly showers her with expensive gifts in hopes of staying on her good side. Between Diana's expectations and the expensive tastes of Roger's mistress Lotte (Julie Olgaard), Roger needs cash, so he's taken on a high-paying second job -- stealing rare works of art. Roger is just good enough and smart enough to know that he'll get caught eventually, and when he learns of a man with an authentic Rubens, he hopes to make one last score that will keep him well set for a long time. But Roger soon learns there's a catch -- the man with the painting is also someone he's supposed to recruit for a client, and he's clearly a few steps ahead of Roger.

ReviewsLos Angeles Times - HEADHUNTERS is a dark adult entertainment, a wild and bloody adrenaline rush of a movie that deals in gleeful grotesqueness and over-the-top implausibilities., Chicago Sun-Times - It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as HEADHUNTERS did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done., Wall Street Journal - A transgenre thriller that glides effortlessly from crisp social commentary through off-kilter comedy to paranoid terror, it's on my short list of the most enjoyable movies in recent memory.

ScreenwriterJo Nesbo

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleHeadhunters

Consumer AdviceContains strong sex, violence and strong gory images

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by billygees
16 Jan, 2018
Brilliant nailbiter, will have you on the edge of your seat.
What a great film, certainly gets you thinking and the mechanics of some of the situations are sometimes funny and very clever at the same time. You'll love the way in which pure chance turns into the only way survival is possible, I've lent this film to all my family and each time had to fight for it's return. I don't write reviews as a rule but this film has earned my time.
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by paulharper
24 Oct, 2019
The best film I have seen since Pulp Fiction
An engaging story with many twists and turn. Written with ingenuity and guile. If you don't watch this you have missed out.
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by damor219
02 Nov, 2021
Well worth a look
Good film well acted
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by 69toeknee-uk
07 Oct, 2020
Entertaining .
Great Film
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by stelboytrotter
17 May, 2016
Great film
Has you on your toes until the end.
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