Release Date: Sep 20, 2008 Limited
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Jade Warrior director Antti-Jussi Annila crafts this transcendentalist shocker set in 1595, and following two brothers as they descend into a world where there is no such thing as salvation. Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia have just reached an uneasy truce. In the wake of their fighting, Finland has become a wasteland. Conquered Finnish brothers Knut and Erik are polar opposites; one is a hardened warrior whose mind has been twisted by the horrors of war, the other is a gentle scientist
Sep 20, 2008 Limited
Oct 27, 2009
IFC Films
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...one of the most repugnant and flat-out contemptible cinematic experiences to come around in quite some time.
Similar in style to the brilliant Let the Right One In, this story of blame and belief, terror and trepidation uses an unfamiliar era and event to lay the foundation for one undeniable work of fear.
Director AJ Annila bends the tone before our eyes ... We follow his lead and don't give a damn if it all amounts to nonsense.
Hmm. Someone's going to need to explain this movie to me. Is there a boogeymonster that's so well-known in Finnish (Russian?) folklore that its presence is fully understood and taken for granted? I still have no idea what was attacking these people, how or why. But that's part of what makes it so scary. That and the
August 25, 2010Super Reviewer
Man this was so boring. And it's not that scary in mu opinion. Yes it does have some scene that will make you kinda jump but I think it was okay.
January 25, 2010
Super Reviewer
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