The blurb: The movie is about a young bank assistant named Arvid, who through a series of big events in his life decides to shake up his routine completely by getting in touch with his criminal brother and doing things his way. Sounds good? Sure, it's a good story. The problem is, that the film loses focus in the last half, ignoring Arvid's build to criminality in favour of a lot of shooting by secondary characters. The movie pivots on a random, accidental action by the hero (won't say any more about that) and the consequences hereof are totally out of his control. I know it's supposed to signify that Arvid can't handle his own life and that it is spinning out of control, but it didn't really work for me. On top of all this is a lot of dialogue, that tries hard to be Tarantinoesque; a few stinger plot points, that try hard to be Tarantinoesque; and a plot and characters that try...well, guess. The thing is that the film lacks the slow, calm groove underlying a film like Reservoir Dogs. There's always a sense of direction and foreboding, even though the characters aren't aware of this. 'I Kina spiser de hunde', on the other hand, is all over the place, trading a consistent story with a lot of morbid-funny 'hey-a-lot-of-people-got-killed'-type action.
All said and done, however, the film is still a good film, and worth seeing, if you're Danish or not. My gripe is that it's just a little too ambitious.
All said and done, however, the film is still a good film, and worth seeing, if you're Danish or not. My gripe is that it's just a little too ambitious.