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Is it a comedy or a drama? Is it a satire or is it simply farcical? From the outset, it's hard to tell. It's also badly directed. De Palma uses his scoring style from the 70's, which in turn was like a homage to Hitchcock, but it worked then. The music feels very out of place immediately and its jarring.

He has made some great films, no question. But it's been over 20 years since he's made a decent one. Or even one that wasn't terrible. Mission to Mars, for example, is absolutely woeful. And Domino isn't far off.

He takes some great actors, four significant ones, and makes them look like amateur theatre performers. I'm embarrassed for them.

A split screen sequence in the middle is quite dramatic but it's not as horrifying as it should be. The scriptwriter must take much of the blame too. The emotional portions feel like they're not written by an adult.

There are potential ideas here; you have topical and political notions but they're badly executed. Excuse the pun.

A basic fight scene is amateurish. Lazy directing. Was De Palma sick that day? Is this a TV movie? It's all over the place.

De Palma has tarnished his own reputation. Most directors falter in old age. But most will still strike upon a decent film every now and then. De Palma should retire. This is a bad movie, following a string of bad movies.

He really did make some great pictures back in the 70's and early 80's. And yet, despite the recent documentary about him in which he mostly sung his own praises, he is not of the calibre of some of his contemporaries such as Francis Ford Coppola, Marty Scorsese and others. If you haven't seen his earlier work, check out Body Double, Carrie or Blow Out. Alas Brian, we knew him well. Before he lost his touch.

Had some okay action sequences but the story was lacking in more ways then one. The acting didn't help much either.

In 2020 Copenhagen, Christian, a Danish police officer (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , works hand in hand with his partner and friend Lars (Soren Malling). One night, while the police couple is trying to arrest a suspicious man, Lars is injured when a routine call goes wrong, and his partner goes after the suspect, a Libyan (Eriq Ebouaney) who had himself seeking revenge for his father's death at the hands of ISIS. Christian commits an act of rudeness that will change his life forever. The Libyan is also pursued by a CIA chief (Guy Pierce) and is attempting to capture an infamous terrorist leader Al-Din, who is about to attack a Spanish bullring in Almeria with liquid explosive. Revenge doesn't stop !. The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy !. Murder Can Lead To Deadlier Crimes !. Beyond The Crime, Beyond The Cover-up, Lies A Deadly Truth !. Behind the crime lies a deadly truth !.

Brian De Palma directs this political thriller starring the Game of Thrones actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice Van Houten. Guy Pearce, Soren Malling, Eriq Eobouenay, and Mohammed Azaay complete the main and support cast of the film. Revenge, terrorism and somewhat cynical intelligence services dominate this story about two agents seeking justice. A typical story about a Copenhagen police officer who seeks justice and vengeance for his partner's murder by a mysterious man. The film, with a script by Petter Skavian (Kon Tiki) and cinematography by the Spanish José Luís Alcaine, explores the geopolitical scenario of 20120, the ins and outs of the CIA and the use of technology in Islamic terrorism.

It contains colorful and glamorous cinematography by the great cameraman José Luís Alcaine, although it underuses the Danish and Spanish exteriors. As well as perceptible and thrilling musical score by composer is by Italian composer Pino Donaggio, in his 7th collaboration with Brian De Palma, having first scored the director's Carrie (1976) and going on other Hitchcockian soundtracks, such as: Dressed to kill, Blow up, Body Double. Displaying a professional and graphically mysterious direction from cinéphile Brian De Palma who had a lot of problems in financing . The flick was mediocrely directed Brian De Palma in his usual style, but it turns out to be inferior to the other similar suspense films that he has directed. There is much for De Palma buffs to savour in this thrilling and atmospheric handling of a complex story with deliberately old-fashioned treatment. The cinéphile Brian De Palma is a genre unto himself these days, including his own trademarks and a plot twist which, as the writer/filmmaker admits, will alienate half the audience. De Palma usually pays tribute to Hitchcock in films like ¨Femme Fatale¨, ¨Blow out¨, ¨Sisters¨, ¨Obsession¨, ¨Body Double¨, ¨Dressed to Kill¨, resulting outwardly odes to the Master of Suspense with the accent on the killings. Rating : 5.5/10. Average but passable at times, it gets some riveting basic ideas and fascinating images .

Who ever wrote the score (music) for this movie should be stabbed in the EARS

So you're told to watch a movie about a terrorist plot, starring Guy Pearce, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten and Søren Malling. And you think "Hey, I know these guys, they are good actors!". You are told that Brian De Palma is directing, and you think "Brian 'Scarface' De Palma? Let's watch this!"

90 minutes later you are still trying to wrap your head around the impossibly bad movie that you have been subjected to.

How on Earth did this happen? Yeah, the Trivia section mentions production issues and all that, but then again, what the hell was this? Let's just forget this movie exists and move on.

This movie is pretty decent. The score and camera work reminds me of Body Double, another De Palma film. Maybe the music used works better in a NY or LA setting but it wasn't a movie killer for me. Terrorist plotline is somewhat worn out for me but still held my attention. Give the film a try.

6/10

Bad acting all round. Awful dramatic music and unbelievable script. Made laugh that at a crime scene the CSI are all in masks and gloves with shoe covers. The main character of the film walks right through the crime scene in his own shoes. Don't waste 90 minutes of your life watching this tosh. It's the turkey of the year for me

It's hard to believe that De Palma, the guy who directed great movies like "Blow Out" and "Scarface" directed this terrible movie. The direction is terrible, this may be one of De Palma's worst. An example of one of the worst parts from this movie is the rooftop chase scene in the first 20 minutes of the movie. It was so lame, and the camera work was terrible.

One of the worst movies of all time, the scene at the stadium is stupid beyond imagination, if you get there, your TV should be switched off, but do not waste your time, do not start to watch it at all

It's a cool little espionage flick with a lot of Hitchcockian inspiration thrown in for good measure. It still manages to feel like a De Palma movie despite a smaller budget than some of his other projects. With movies like this I tend to worry about the intentions of the artist when turning terrorism to any minor or major extent into something that is meant to entertain, but I see no point here for any of this other than that the main character is both weak and flawed, just as we are; such is the point of any Hitchcockian thriller. Watch this film, don't attempt to gather any major message or fact from it because it will just begin to drive you crazy. It's great entertainment, and not much else beyond that.

I'm a big De Palma fan, and i have loved almost every film he has made. Ok, its not one of his best films, but giving it 1 and 2 stars is just ridiculous. It has all the elements a De Palma film should have and i really enjoyed the way he builds up the suspense in the story. I loved the slow motion scene in the bullfight arena. I know it's a bit weird that all the Danish actors talk English, but i didn't mind. I myself are Danish and i know all the actors from Danish and they are all great actors. I would recommend everyone who like De Palma films to watch it and forget about all the hater's reviews.

What happened to Guy Pierce. His acting is atrocious ! And how can someone go from Game of Thrones to this bomb ? The music sounds like a 1950s soundtrack and DePalma should be told to just enjoy old age and spare us from wasting our time .

Sure Mr. Palma has directed some worthwhile movies but sadly this isn't one. Calls to question whether he ever were much of an director after all. Some times the production team carries the production to completion. I'd might rewatch this on acid for much needed visuals.

This is once of the worst films i've seen! Was this purely put together to get views from game of thrones fans? This is so poor. C movie at best

One sentence: nothing good about this "movie"! De Palma's worst ever!

... as dumb as this. Stupid, dumb, boring, cheap... A complete waste of time.

This film is really a good movie for those who like old style crime movies and the direction of De Palma is really beautiful, those who like this director will love this movie too

Another piece of cr.p from a "Chosen Ones". Propaganda for blind sheeps. I think the actors were aware of what kind of bullsh.t project they are working on - and there for they give a 0 effort...

Pino Donaggio's music accompanies a very entertaining film shot in different European locations including Belgium, Denmark and Spain, with a nice cinematography and the slow motion, split diopters, tracking shots which guarantee the signature of Brian De Palma

First of all the sound track was Horrible. Lackluster acting, weak plot, the action scenes were poorly choreographed. You see the guy from Game of Thrones and you think it should be good, nope.