Nicolas Winding Refn has enjoyed enormous popularity in his home country Denmark and - I must admit as well - his pushers-bleeders-drivers are at least good, if not great. As for the film in question, he apparently wanted to create something spiritual for a change - and going back to the roots of his nation. The result, however, is an artistic film usually praised by critics and skipped by audiences: long nature scenes, long scenes without talking, stills, narrative chapter composition etc. Or in other words, you can valuate the visions of the director, cameramen and producers, but the story has limited number of twists and hollow ending; it was not annoying thanks to short duration only (less than 1,5 hours).
As for the cast, most of them originated from Scotland (where the film was shot as well), but they were ordinary, uninviting to me. Mads Mikkelsen is great as usual (even though he plays a silent character, One-Eye), the other actor I liked was Maarten Stevenson as The Boy. And women were shown for around 10 seconds for the whole film...
As if Tarkovsky meets Malick for something pretentious... Recommended in the event of forward-function available and/or in the male company.
As for the cast, most of them originated from Scotland (where the film was shot as well), but they were ordinary, uninviting to me. Mads Mikkelsen is great as usual (even though he plays a silent character, One-Eye), the other actor I liked was Maarten Stevenson as The Boy. And women were shown for around 10 seconds for the whole film...
As if Tarkovsky meets Malick for something pretentious... Recommended in the event of forward-function available and/or in the male company.