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Nikolaj Lie Kaas | ... | ||
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen | ... |
Beate
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | ... | ||
Kee Chan | ... |
General Karel
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Nicolas Bro | ... |
Mikael Feldt
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Matthias Hues | ... |
Aribert
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Peter Schrøder | ... |
Jacobsen
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Steven Berkoff | ... |
Jack Pudovski
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Bille Brown | ... |
James Hall
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Blerim Destani | ... |
Rudy Huber
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Birthe Neumann | ... |
Bitten Gabrielsen
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Ulf Pilgaard | ... |
Werner Gabrielsen
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Søren Pilmark | ... |
Consul
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Gulliver Page | ... |
Tom
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John Reynolds | ... |
Ron
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Danish psychiatrist Adrian (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his assistant Beate (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) are sent to Sumatra in order to make a mental health evaluation of murder convict Severin, who claims to have murdered in order to protect a rare flower that gives eternal life.
I went into this film thinking it would be a Danish Indiana Jones. Well, it wasn't. I'm not a big fan of adventure films, but I do like to watch one from time to time. This one seemed interesting and the main premise kinda intriguing, even though quite unrealistic.
It's a good comedy adventure film, but it's not your typical family-friendly entertainment. Some parts of it were rather dark and in some places even brutal (there's torture, killings, and plenty of blood). On more than one occasion I thought to myself there was no way the main characters would survive that (and in real life they wouldn't), but then again it's a film, so some suspension of disbelief is necessary.
It was very well acted, the actors did a really good job and it was nice to see Matthias Hues again. If you're into jungle adventure films, give it a try. Just bare in mind that some parts may be disturbing for younger audiences.