Rent Riders of Justice (2020)
3.8 of 5 from 299 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns home to care for his daughter after his wife dies in a train accident. Suspecting foul play, he teams up with a mathematics expert and his eccentric colleagues, as they embark on a revenge mission to find those responsible.
- Actors:
- Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh, Roland Møller, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Anne Birgitte Lind, Omar Shargawi, Jakob Ulrik Lohmann, Henrik Noël Olesen, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Klaus Hjuler, Peder Holm Johansen, Christina Ibsen Meyer, Rikke Louise Andersson, Jesper Ole Feit Andersen, Morten Suurballe, Stine Schrøder
- Directors:
- Anders Thomas Jensen
- Producers:
- Sidsel Hybschmann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
- Writers:
- Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen
- Aka:
- Retfærdighedens Ryttere
- Studio:
- Vertigo
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Countries:
- Denmark
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Reviews (7) of Riders of Justice
Highly original and entertaining - Riders of Justice review by AB
A Danish soldier (Mads Mikkelsen) returns from Afghanistan because his wife has been killed in a train crash. Then an amazing wild ride ensues. This film has an extraordinary combination of serious violence, comedy, pathos, philosophy and for good measure, probability theory. It also contains a lot of swearing and some sexual aspects. Mikkelsen is good as the damaged, taciturn soldier prone to violence. This is a highly original and very watchable film, although subtitled. Strongly recommended.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Okay, but falls between two stools - Riders of Justice review by TE
'Riders of Justice' is a bit of a mixed bag: there is an appealing originality in the gang of nerds who gather around Mads Mikkelsen's angry, revenge-driven commando (Markus) but there is also a dull predictability about the violence (a series of set pieces in which we are expected to believe that Mikkelsen's misfits kill over 30 members of a biker gang).
Everything to do with the computer nerds is funny and lively, but everything to do with Markus is heavy and wooden. It's the sort of role that Liam Neeson specialises in. Mikkelsen is really good in many roles but here he just looks as if he wants the whole thing to be wrapped up before anyone notices that he's in it.
Somewhere in between the geeks and the Rambo-figure are Markus's daughter and her boyfriend, and a young Ukrainian male sex worker.
Nobody does weird quite like the Scandi movie makers and there is plenty of scope for productive weirdness here. I just wish that they had backed themselves to mine that seam instead of loading up the gun play.
2 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
A little gem of a quirky thriller - Riders of Justice review by Alphaville
Following a murder, three academic probability experts and a special forces hard man team up for revenge. What’s new? The hard man and the gang who committed the murder play it as a straight action thriller, while the academics think they’re in a comedy. The conceit works brilliantly. Quirky characters, quirky plot and a film that’s both thrilling and funny, dark and moving at the same time. The director underplays each scene, giving every beat, comic or otherwise, equal prominence. The effect is to build the tension, disorienting the viewer so that you never know when it's going to explode into action. It works brilliantly. Surely worth a Hollywood remake for those who can’t read subtitles.
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