If you've seen the previous movie in the series and are looking for something similarly disturbing, yet good, watch this one.
Having said that, let's get a bit more into the details. The main plot revolves around a cold case, similar to the first movie. This case lies back some 20 years, where a gang of youths from an elite boarding school are involved in some rather cruel and sadistic 'activities'. And that is basically where the movie begins.
Carl and Assad are drawn into the case via the suicide of a retired small-town police chief, who tried to solve the case, but apparently got so obsessed with it, that in the end it did cost his sanity, and life.
The casting was, IMO, good as well as is the acting. Like in the first installment. The story is not as entirely gripping as in the first one, maybe because there is little less suspense. The 'cat is out of the bag' rather early in the movie, but that does not diminish the plot. Setting and locations are okay, too.
For the most part the plot revolves around redemption, the (dark) depths of the human psyche and a bit of revenge. And even though the plot is predictable, it still is dark and gloomy. The whole movie sits rather uneasy with me, mostly because of the entire disturbing scenes and hints. While it's graphic, for an Euroflick it's still rather tame. The movie draws mostly from that fact that we, as an audience, love to hate the cruel bad guys, especially when the seem so sleek and 'normal' on the outside. And of course we love to see them get what they had coming.
However, it also has some shortcomings. Carl, as a character, stagnates in his development as a cop, as a father and as a personality. Also, there are some cliché moments, especially the take on the elite's kids in boarding schools going all haywire and being cruel snobs, you know, reasons. Also, the connections between the main antagonist and the chief of police (Carl's and his direct superior's boss) strikes me as not realistic. If you have such connections, things are swept under the carpet. I do not think that Denmark is different and that the cops there are THAT virtuous and righteous. But then again, maybe I've just seen too much news lately about how the police works these days, which stands in stark contrast to how they are supposed to work.
Apart from those bits the movie is rather good and it definitely left me waiting for the upcoming third installment. All in all another good Scandinavian flick.
Having said that, let's get a bit more into the details. The main plot revolves around a cold case, similar to the first movie. This case lies back some 20 years, where a gang of youths from an elite boarding school are involved in some rather cruel and sadistic 'activities'. And that is basically where the movie begins.
Carl and Assad are drawn into the case via the suicide of a retired small-town police chief, who tried to solve the case, but apparently got so obsessed with it, that in the end it did cost his sanity, and life.
The casting was, IMO, good as well as is the acting. Like in the first installment. The story is not as entirely gripping as in the first one, maybe because there is little less suspense. The 'cat is out of the bag' rather early in the movie, but that does not diminish the plot. Setting and locations are okay, too.
For the most part the plot revolves around redemption, the (dark) depths of the human psyche and a bit of revenge. And even though the plot is predictable, it still is dark and gloomy. The whole movie sits rather uneasy with me, mostly because of the entire disturbing scenes and hints. While it's graphic, for an Euroflick it's still rather tame. The movie draws mostly from that fact that we, as an audience, love to hate the cruel bad guys, especially when the seem so sleek and 'normal' on the outside. And of course we love to see them get what they had coming.
However, it also has some shortcomings. Carl, as a character, stagnates in his development as a cop, as a father and as a personality. Also, there are some cliché moments, especially the take on the elite's kids in boarding schools going all haywire and being cruel snobs, you know, reasons. Also, the connections between the main antagonist and the chief of police (Carl's and his direct superior's boss) strikes me as not realistic. If you have such connections, things are swept under the carpet. I do not think that Denmark is different and that the cops there are THAT virtuous and righteous. But then again, maybe I've just seen too much news lately about how the police works these days, which stands in stark contrast to how they are supposed to work.
Apart from those bits the movie is rather good and it definitely left me waiting for the upcoming third installment. All in all another good Scandinavian flick.