For example, Roger seems so intent on keeping hold of his impossibly beautiful wife, yet within the opening minutes we find out that heвЂ™s having an affair with someone named Lotte (Гlgaard). Scenes that initially look like theyвЂ™re padding the running time (fridges are opened quite a few times in this film) turn out to be of great significance.

It gets by on HennieвЂ™s great performance (more than once he is in tears), effectively portraying a man who loses everything, and in the process ends up learning more about himself and his wife.Дirector Morten Tyldum knows he has a good story here and simply doesnвЂ™t let anything get in the way of telling it. WeвЂ™re made to feel sympathy for a character that largely doesnвЂ™t deserve any, yet by the end I wanted Roger to succeed. The surprise is that it made me laugh out loud more than once, be it the struggle in disposing of a body, or any moment involving a tractor. Midway through is where Headhunters turns into a thrilling cat and mouse pursuit, with offbeat black humor injected into the chase. Having to rapidly adjust to the ongoing situation on the fly, his initial attempts to resolve the escalating scenario (one he kind of brings upon himself) manage to land him into even bigger trouble. The dodgy nature of the activity means that youвЂ™d better have a back-up plan in case things go wrong and surprisingly Roger doesnвЂ™t have one.

Sidelining as an art thief, Roger runs the audience through his rules on the job, and we see that he keeps to them. Cue a body in a car, firing at milk cartons, microscopic transmitters, a vicious dog attack and a chase involving a tractor! ItвЂ™s quite hard to believe just how much Roger goes through within the space of 48 hours. However, after acquiring the painting, things start to get very weird, very quickly. Drawn to the possibility of sorting out his financial problems, Roger works on stealing it for himself.

Later, Diana reveals to her husband that during a conversation with Clas, he just so happened to mention that he had a Peter Paul Rubens painting in his possession that could be worth tens of millions. However, his devilishly good looks make it quite clear that heвЂ™s obviously hiding something. HeвЂ™s also a prime candidate for a position that Roger is currently recruiting for, with the GPS company Pathfinder. At first glance, he seems to be taller, smarter and has deeper pockets than Roger. As his wife opens an art gallery, she introduces him to Clas Greve (Coster-Waldau), former CEO of a major GPS company. However, where Roger makes his real money is as an art thief, replacing expensive paintings with fakes. The day job consists of working as a headhunter, recruiting potential applicants for a number of corporate jobs. He goes to work in designer suits, drives a Lexus, lives in a house you can only dream about, and is married to Diana (Lund), the kind of woman men can only have wet dreams about.

Roger Brown (Hennie) seems to have it all. Well, if future cash-ins all turn out to be as good as this one, then I donвЂ™t see there being any problem. All I knew about the film was that it was a Norwegian thriller based on Jo NesbГёвЂ™s best-selling novel. Movie Review: Headhunters By Shalimar Sahota April 5, 2012Д«efore going in to Headhunters there was a feeling that this was most likely cashing in on the popularity of a certain Millennium Trilogy that also came out of Scandinavia what with the marketing proclaiming that itвЂ™s produced by the same people.

Headhunters movie based on novel