In Order of Disappearance

Name: In Order of Disappearance
Genre: Action, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: August 26, 2016
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Jakob Oftebro

2016

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: August 26, 2016

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Jakob Oftebro

Summary: Introverted and hard-working snowplow driver Nils (Stellan Skarsgård) has just been named “Citizen of the Year,” when he receives news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Disbelieving the official report, Nils soon uncovers evidence of the young man's murder - a victim in a turf war between the local crime boss, known as "TheIntroverted and hard-working snowplow driver Nils (Stellan Skarsgård) has just been named “Citizen of the Year,” when he receives news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Disbelieving the official report, Nils soon uncovers evidence of the young man's murder - a victim in a turf war between the local crime boss, known as "The Count", and his Serbian rivals. Armed with heavy machinery and a good dose of beginner's luck, Nils embarks upon a quest for revenge that soon escalates into a full-blown underworld gang war, with the body count spiraling ever higher and higher.… Expand

Director: Hans Petter Moland

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Salon - Andrew O'Hehir

Aug 26, 2016

In Order of Disappearance possesses both a striking soulfulness and a sense of beauty. (Much of the credit goes to cinematographer Philip Øgaard, whose images are memorable but never showy.) Read full review

Movie Nation - Roger Moore

Jul 26, 2016

Skarsgard has carved out a wide niche for his varied and colorful acting career to inhabit. He’s stoic and unflinching here, a man on a mission. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - Tirdad Derakhshani

Sep 8, 2016

In Order of Disappearance has an utterly unique feel, a certain Scandinavian crispness that's impossible to duplicate. Read full review

The Film Stage - Bill Graham

Jul 6, 2016

In Order of Disappearance is filled with so many twists on what you expect that it feels refreshing. Read full review

Washington Post - Michael O'Sullivan

Sep 1, 2016

At times, In Order of Disappearance is a bit too self-consciously clever. But what saves it, paradoxically — even, at times, delightfully — from skidding off course into cliche is the profound appeal of its middle-of-the-road, but never dull, protagonist. Read full review

Boston Globe - Peter Keough

Sep 8, 2016

The sardonic laughs include title cards with the name of each character who has joined the ranks of the disappeared. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Sheila O'Malley

Aug 26, 2016

The fun of the film (and it is often fun) is in the complexities of interconnections, and the sheer number of criminals raging through this tiny area, outnumbering the upstanding citizens by the looks of it. Read full review

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StanleyKubrick

Aug 26, 2016

Very funny, great actors, weird setting, unpredictable narrative, just a great example of a black comedy done right. Stellan Skarsgard and Bruno Ganz are perfectly cast. Maybe the best 'blood in the snow' thriller-comedy since "Fargo". See it in a cinema.

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DufusPsychic

Mar 18, 2018

Amusing black comedy that paints in broad strokes and requires suspension of disbelief about the details. The tone of the film is often surprising, initially combining brutality and violence before turning into a savage revenge film. As the body count accumulates, it's obvious the film is aAmusing black comedy that paints in broad strokes and requires suspension of disbelief about the details. The tone of the film is often surprising, initially combining brutality and violence before turning into a savage revenge film. As the body count accumulates, it's obvious the film is a parody. Stellan Skarsgård plays the successful and well-integrated immigrant who manages to out-punch or out-smart everyone. In his apparent simplicity and practical modesty, the film functions as a platform to parody the Norwegian mega-rich -the gangsters and drug runners- who live in designer apartments, drink smoothies but would never let artificial additives pass their lips. They present themselves as wholesome, if insane, gangsters cut-off from their children through broken relationships and their own wealth (parallels with Norwegian society abound). The least satisfying sub-plot is the sudden inter-ganster war with the Serbians (who at one point they mix up with the Albanians). They seem to provide the foreigner viewpoint on Norwegians, but somehow it isn't effective - notably because of troublesome Eastern European clichés. However, it doesn't take itself too seriously, also taking a pot shot at Norwegians who take Thai wives. It's major fascinations are the funny things Norwegians do and the hilarious idea of a Norwegian mafia. The ensuing farce doesn't quite come together, but the use of a logging machine as a weapon is amusing enough. The only major fail of the film is Skarsgård's wife, who appears to disappear at one point. They could have done more with her and perhaps made her unaware of what he was doing, providing domestic normality or a 'heart' for the film. Nonetheless, it's raucous, surprising and fun to watch and often laugh-out-loud funny, particularly if you get the Norwegian references.… Expand

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