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Small Town Killers

2017 · 90 min

A wry, blood-soaked Danish farce that keeps you grinning while quietly wondering how far these foolish men will fall.

Directed by
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Bro, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Lyhne
Overview
The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they've earned moonlighting for years. After a huge fight with their wives the two men get drunk and hire a Russian contract killer to do a hit on their spouses. But they have badly underestimated their wives, and this becomes the start of an absurd journey where Ib and Edward to their own horror end at the top of a kill list.

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Directed by
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Bro, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Lyhne
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • obsession
  • deception
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, crime, drama
Directed by
Ole Bornedal
Written by
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Starring
Nicolas Bro, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Lyhne, Lene Maria Christensen, Søren Malling, Birthe Neumann, Ole Thestrup, Gwen Taylor
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
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