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Darkland: The Return

2023 · 110 min

A grim, propulsive descent into the criminal underworld, where every choice tightens the vise around a man desperate to protect what little family he has left.

Directed by: Fenar Ahmad
Genres: Thriller, Action
Starring: Dar Salim, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Stine Fischer Christensen

Overview: Seven years ago, Zaid went to war against the Copenhagen underworld to avenge his dead brother. His identity as a respected doctor of cardiology and life as a family man is but a fading dream, and in prison Zaid suffers the loss of his son Noah, whom he barely knows. When a police agent approaches Zaid and offers him a deal to be released in exchange for infiltrating the Copenhagen underworld, he sees his chance to reclaim the remnants of the family life he left behind. But everything has a price, and Zaid realizes that he has now seriously endangered his son's life. After all, once you become part of the underworld, is there any way out?

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Directed by: Fenar Ahmad
Genres: Thriller, Action
Starring: Dar Salim, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Stine Fischer Christensen

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
revenge
betrayal
redemption
survival
Places: big city
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, action
Directed by: Fenar Ahmad
Written by: Fenar Ahmad, Behrouz Bigdeli
Starring: Dar Salim, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Henrik Vestergård, Soheil Bavi, Mohamed Djeziri, Abud Mustafa, Asgar Hansen
Music: Jens Ole Wowk McCoy
Cinematography: Peter Holm Riis
Runtime: 110 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Arabic, Danish

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