Northwest (2013)
Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival Björn, he jumps at the chance for a better life, making his way into a world of drugs and prostitution. As things escalate between Björn and Jamal, Casper finds himself and his family dead center of a conflict, that threatens to destroy them.
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Simply A Masterpiece
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
This movie relates the story of a young man living in a modest suburb in Denmark. Skilled burglar, he will try to rise the grade of the criminal underworld, underestimating the dangerousness of the consequences of his acts. Far from Hollywood gangster movies, the way this movie was recorded, the scenery as well as the actor's performances plunge the viewer into a deeply realistic violence. Interestingly, the film maker (Michael Noer) succeeded in showing a violence that will knot your stomach without being gore at all which is very rare nowadays. An excellent movie, in the direct line of Gomorra (Matteo Garrone), in a radically different geographical situation.
violence, family relationship and ways for survive. a good film, predictable in many parts, about gangsters, family, clash of races and dark affairs. all in right manner, without great surprises but far to be boring. more than a film, it is a series of questions about contemporary society. cold and sentimental in same measure, it is only picture of a part from Copenhague and, in same sense, drawing of a radical option. the basic virtue - its universal message. far to be a Danish story, it is a piece from many parts of Europe. and that fact does it not remarkable but special. because it is testimony about a crisis. not new but profound. and the last scene is exactly the necessary question.
A nice story of small gangsters trying to stay above water. The relationships in this and the characters are well drawn and avoid getting into too many cliché traps. The movie/script is well written too of course, but it is the actors who carry the weight. It's tough playing off each other and making the audience buy that.I doubt this will be your first venture into crime story foray, but if you have a knack for European style of showing things (read: not as fancy as a Hollywood Blockbuster would show them), you will really relish watching this. There is violence and there is many adult situations happening, so you should be fine with watching that. If that is the case, there is a more than decent movie to enjoy here
'Nordvest' is a Danish film about a young criminal. Casper is a house burglar who sells what he steals to an Arab gang. But when one of the Arabs steals Casper's watch, Casper - completely missing the irony that he himself had stolen the watch in the first place - starts working for a rival gang, eventually getting his younger (and dimmer) brother involved also.So far, so predictable - and the film largely is, even down to Casper's tender relationship with his toddler sister - hey, he's a thug with a heart! But a thug is still a thug and so it is difficult to feel any sympathy for him as events spiral beyond his control. In the lead role, Gustav Dyekjær Giese does a nice line in cool, and the film is definitely worth watching once - but only once.