Jackpot (Arme Riddere) Reviews
Flicks.co.nz
The recent influx of Scandanavian thrillers and murder mysteries gets an amusingly grimy entry.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Movie Talk
Jackpot lacks the breakneck narrative drive of the previous Nesbo screen adaptation, the terrific Headhunters, but keeps things gripping with its own share of sick twists and grisly gags.
ABC Radio (Australia)
A true "black comedy" if ever there was one.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Birmingham Post
Short but not at all sweet, this is a dark but nevertheless entertaining crime drama.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Flick Filosopher
[H]as some outrageously, disgustingly funny moments -- I laughed a lot, in isolated bursts -- but it's lacking that certain oomph that makes it unquestionably brilliant.
Guardian [UK]
It lays on lashings of crim-bickering and jauntily scored arterial spurting when all you can stomach is some crispbread.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticMartens punctuates proceedings with moments of black humour and sudden, shocking violence, while the sheer frequency of twists, double-crosses and switchbacks keep the plot rattling along.
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| Original Score: 3/5
3AW
There's a bit too much carnage and bloodshed but it's a cracking, crazy, well-paced Norwegian time killer.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Empire Magazine
Casually gruesome and corpse-littered, it's a shaggy dog story with an almost buried emotional core about friendship, betrayal, temporary alliance and craftiness.
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| Original Score: 4/5
sbs.com.au
It's a fun but very lean premise upon which to base a thriller that requires all-or-nothing buy-in from its audience.
The List
While not a game-changer, Jackpot is the kind of sprightly low-budget import which is likely to reward fans of the Nordic crime genre.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Total Film
Although it can't help but feel a touch retro in comparison to Sweden's more sophisticated recent output, it gets by on good-humoured bad taste alone.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Urban Cinefile
The outrageous nature of the story is balanced by the matter of fact naturalistic performances and the smart directing, which makes the most of the genre's edgiest tools
Urban Cinefile
The Scandinavians do black comedy well and if you're a lover of the genre, you're on a winning ticket with Joe Nesbo's Jackpot
Eye for Film
The only thing Martens takes seriously is his humour - and it pays off handsomely.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Fan The Fire
Chronically let down by a lack of character development, with no spark at the off to get the whole thing rolling.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Express
Some may find it sickly amusing.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Telegraph
One of the patchier entries in Scandinavian noir's recent purple patch.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Little White Lies
As straightforward - and disposable - as an airport paperback.
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| Original Score: 2/5
