Headhunters (2011)

HEADHUNTERS  (2011)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Morten Tyldum
    Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
    Sunnove Macody Lund, Eivind Sander,
    Julie Olgaard, Kyrre Haugen Sydness
"Headhunters" takes place in Norway and it's based on a novel by Jo Nesbo. There are two headhunters. One's a guy who recruits high-end executives for high-end jobs. The other's a former commando, an expert in high-tech weaponry, who wants a job real bad. They're on opposite sides in a story that revolves around the theft of a painting that could be worth 100 million kroner. I watched this with Dr. Sporgersi, who thought it reminded him of a Coen Brothers film, and I kind of see his point. Take a character you have no emotional stake in anyway, and see how much comic hell you can put him through before the movie ends. The hell in this case includes a pit bull, a razor, a pair of hefty twin police officers, a stolen semi, tiny tracking devices planted in somebody's hair, knives, guns, a band of video voyeurs and an outhouse. The outhouse looks like it's been used a lot without ever being cleaned out. What's the worst thing that could happen with something like that? You'll see.