Fans of recent Danish productions will spot a number of familiar faces. Asbæk’s colleagues from Borgen include Soren Malling as a defense attorney and Dar Salim as an army officer, along with Charlotte Munck from Headhunter (2009) and the excellent TV series Anna Pihl (2006-08). I saw the film at a newly opened theater that features the latest in Dolby Atmos audio technology. While I am not usually a fan of such gimmicks, the effect is put to good use here, with the battle scenes’ explosions and gunfire reverberating with a soul shattering power I had never experienced before. One gains a deep appreciation of how difficult it is for soldiers to keep cool heads and make good decisions while immersed in such deafening bedlam. A War breaks no new ground in the genre of modern war movies, but it's highly effective at capturing the enormous demands placed on our fighting men and women and their splintered families back home. And it offers deeper condemnation of those leaders who would dispatch them for frivolous and fraudulent purposes.
Monday, March 7, 2016
A War (2015) ✭✭✭✭
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Love these Danish productions and their actors. Just saw The Bridge III, and again it's very imaginative, exciting and well acted. I hope all these talented actors stay in Denmark to continue producing these great films and series and hope that they will not get lost in mediocre international big budget popcorn.
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