Grimmalkin

Opening action scene is sadly the best this movie gets, but it is pretty good!

It is thouroughly hard to sympathize with any of the characters in the movie. They are all doing stupid actions over and over again, in the sake of "lust". Many of the scenes are thouroughly unbeliveable in the way they are portrayed. Also, the nordic noir style of the movie seems unappropriate. The actors are doing a decent job with the material they are given, but when your actors are realistically representing unsympathetic characters, in a story that seems unrealistic, then it is hard to be engaged in what is happening.

While the actors are doing their best with the material that they are given, the plot is just so forgettable, and they are unable to elevate the script beyond the bare bones of whatever was deemed "good enough" by the producers. Harry Hole is a beloved character within the entire Nordic Noir genere, and deserves both a better plot and script. The cinematorgraphy is fine, but it seems like Hollywood is unable to figure out how to work the genere at all. A dissapointment in almost every way.