Overview
Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
This film started innocently enough – a curious call to a Danish 911 (or was it 1-1-2?) operator that appeared to be some kind of prank. Where it soared from there was quite impressive. This movie was tight as a drum and 85 minutes it did not waste a single breath. For a while it reminded me a lot of Locke until it grew into something much deeper. It is really amazing how such a simple room can provide such gripping drama – in that sense it reminded me very much of Glengarry Glen Ross. I loved the final scene as it seemed to tie together the moral questions that the film touched on.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Guilty
Movie title: The Guilty
Movie description: Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
Date published: 2019-03-09
Director(s): Gustav Möller
Actor(s): Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen, Jeanette Lindbæk, Simon Bennebjerg, Laura Bro, Morten Suurballe, Guuled Abdi Youssef, Caroline Løppke, Peter Christoffersen, Nicolai Wendelbo, Morten Thunbo, Maria Gersby Cissé, Anders Brink Madsen, Tommy Bach, Jan Christensen, Christian Lassen, Michael Rud, Jørgen Niclasen, Helena Malmros, Axel Christensen, Alexander Clement, Camilla Lau
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
My Review
This film started innocently enough – a curious call to a Danish 911 (or was it 1-1-2?) operator that appeared to be some kind of prank. Where it soared from there was quite impressive. This movie was tight as a drum and 85 minutes it did not waste a single breath. For a while it reminded me a lot of Locke until it grew into something much deeper. It is really amazing how such a simple room can provide such gripping drama – in that sense it reminded me very much of Glengarry Glen Ross. I loved the final scene as it seemed to tie together the moral questions that the film touched on.
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My Review - 9/10
9/10