This is a 1997 Norwegian subtitled movie on the Criterion label… hey, what am I doing? Well, there’s method in this madness, as this movie has just been remade by Christopher Nolan starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams, as a follow-up to Memento.

Here you get Stellan Skarsgard (probably best known to mainstream audiences as the unfortunate scientist in Deep Blue Sea) as a cop sent to a town above the Arctic Circle where it never goes dark, making a few mistakes and generally not behaving as we expect our heroes to do. It will be interesting to see if the Hollywood version recreates either the bleak look or the bleak tone of this great thriller.

The DVD is a bit disappointing for a Criterion release, containing only a trailer.

Mild Peril Rating:

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