Black's Game 2012

6.0 / 10   64 vote(s)
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Drama Crime Thriller

In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.

Release Date 2012-03-11
Runtime 1h 44m
Directors Óskar Thór Axelsson, Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, Sindri Páll Kjartansson, Sandra Steinþórsdóttir
Producers Arnar Knutsson, Thor Sigurjonsson, Nicolas Winding Refn, Gagga Jonsdottir, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Chris Briggs, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir
Writers Stefán Máni, Óskar Thór Axelsson

A template gangster movie that with little adaptation could be set anywhere in Europe in the last thirty years or so. Satisfies an urgent need for action and is easily forgotten after. The story is as predictable as can be and characters fill their cut out roles. Worth mentioning is the well performed, although one dimensional, crime lord Bruno by Damon Younger. Not a bad movie for its genre but also nothing special.

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