I loved the first film and when I heard that a sequel was in the making I got very excited. The excitement only grew when it was announced that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard would return as Martin, Jens and Wörmer. After watching the trailer I looked forward to see what the new characters would bring to the story. The film did not disappoint me once. Brilliant cast, great writer, great storyline, great director, amazing soundtrack, amazing makeup team, fantastic cinematography, and they had picked great locations to film it, that added to the dark and twisted tone of the film.
Fanny Bornedal was amazing as Emma, the daughter of Martin and Kalinka. I especially loved her scenes together with Nikolaj, Kim, Sonja, and Ulf. Casper Kjaer Jensen's performance as Bent is absolutely fantastic, Sonja Richter plays Gunver perfectly and I love Nina Rask's Maria so much. It was wonderful to see Ulf play the creepy Wörmer once again, just as it was seeing Kim back as Jens. Nikolaj brought his A game playing the broken Martin, his performance was very believable in every way. His acting with only facial expressions and body language is one of the best that you'll ever see, that's how good they are!
I really liked the little subtle nods to the first film, it made me a little nostalgic but overall I think they fitted well into this new story being told. Just like in the first film, I really liked the twist and turns of it, that you thought you knew who the killer was and then something happened that made you question it and begin to suspect someone else. I know some don't like the scene where Jens and Martin sneak into a football stadium but I liked it, for me it showed two old friends having a good time together after not seeing each other for a very long time. The scenes in the psychiatric wards corridors were not as claustrophobic as in the first film but they still added to the suspense feeling.
I thought the ending was believable and fitted the story told well. Also liked that the final scene was some time after the events had taken place, just as in the first film, so we got to leave some of the characters in a little better place than they had previous been this time as well.
The very long wait for a sequel was totally worth it in my opinion and I hope if you ever get a chance to watch this film that you'll love it as much as I do! I watched it on dvd and with Danish subs, just like with the first film.
Fanny Bornedal was amazing as Emma, the daughter of Martin and Kalinka. I especially loved her scenes together with Nikolaj, Kim, Sonja, and Ulf. Casper Kjaer Jensen's performance as Bent is absolutely fantastic, Sonja Richter plays Gunver perfectly and I love Nina Rask's Maria so much. It was wonderful to see Ulf play the creepy Wörmer once again, just as it was seeing Kim back as Jens. Nikolaj brought his A game playing the broken Martin, his performance was very believable in every way. His acting with only facial expressions and body language is one of the best that you'll ever see, that's how good they are!
I really liked the little subtle nods to the first film, it made me a little nostalgic but overall I think they fitted well into this new story being told. Just like in the first film, I really liked the twist and turns of it, that you thought you knew who the killer was and then something happened that made you question it and begin to suspect someone else. I know some don't like the scene where Jens and Martin sneak into a football stadium but I liked it, for me it showed two old friends having a good time together after not seeing each other for a very long time. The scenes in the psychiatric wards corridors were not as claustrophobic as in the first film but they still added to the suspense feeling.
I thought the ending was believable and fitted the story told well. Also liked that the final scene was some time after the events had taken place, just as in the first film, so we got to leave some of the characters in a little better place than they had previous been this time as well.
The very long wait for a sequel was totally worth it in my opinion and I hope if you ever get a chance to watch this film that you'll love it as much as I do! I watched it on dvd and with Danish subs, just like with the first film.