The Keeper of Lost Causes

Starring;
Nikolaj Lie Kass
Fares Fares
Sonja Richter

Director;
Mikkel Norgaard

In three words; Thrilling - Cliché - Enjoyable

Review;
This Danish crime thriller is full of clichés that's for sure. Maverick cop is put in charge of a department he doesn't want to work in with a partner he doesn't want. He has a drink problem and a problematic family life. All the elements are there but I don't mind the clichés at all as throughout the film everything is executed well. But this has a feel of a good television series rather than a one off film.

Carl (Kass) is the maverick cop in question. After a blundering raid he is sent to head up a new division to look into cold cases. He is assigned Assad (Fares) as his assistant, an easy going but attentive investigator who has also been pushed into basement located offices of 'Department Q'. Despite initial problems, a difference is styles and bad coffee, the two form a good partnership (obviously). They start to investigate the disappearance of a high profile politician five years ago, much to the annoyance of the previous detective who handled the case.

What follows is an interesting and at time thrilling story, although it is rather a high concept the screenplay is well adapted from the source material, a 2011 novel of the same name. It could be argued that the concept is too novelistic for a film this is still an enjoyable story.

The partnership of Kass and Fares work very well and certainly left me wanting to watch more of their characters investigations. This is why perhaps the film would work far better as a television series rather than a film. There is much that could be done with the characters and there is certainly a market for the high quality Scandinavian television we are seeing these days.

Overall this is an enjoyable film but one which fails to capture the thrills it desperately chases to deliver.


Verdict;
3 out of 5.

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Medvirkende;
Nikolaj Lie Kass
Fares Fares
Sonja Richter


Direktør; Mikkel Nørgaard

I tre ord; Spændende - Cliché - Fornøjelig

Anmeldelse;
Denne dansk krimi er fuld af klichéer, der er sikker. Maverick betjent er sat i spidsen for en afdeling, han ikke ønsker at arbejde i med en partner, han ikke ønsker. Han har et alkoholproblem og et problematisk familieliv. Alle elementer er der, men jeg har ikke noget imod klichéerne på alle som hele filmen alt er henrettet godt. Men det har en fornemmelse af en god tv-serie i stedet for en off film.

Carl (Kass) er den maverick betjent pågældende. Efter en famle razzia han bliver sendt til at lede en ny division til at se på kolde sager. Han er tildelt Assad (billetter) som hans assistent, en easy going, men opmærksomme undersøger, som er også blevet skubbet ind i kælder beliggende kontorer 'Afdeling Q'. Trods indledende problemer, en forskel, er stilarter og dårlig kaffe, de to danner et godt partnerskab (naturligvis). De begynder at undersøge forsvinden en høj profil politiker for fem år siden, til stor ærgrelse for den tidligere detektiv, der håndterede sagen.

Hvad der følger er en interessant og på tidspunktet spændende historie, selvom det er snarere en stor koncept manuskriptet er godt tilpasset fra kildematerialet, en 2011 roman af samme navn. Det kan hævdes, at begrebet er for romanform til en film er det stadig en fornøjelig historie.

Partnerskabet for Kass og billetter fungerer meget godt og sikkert forladt mig ønsker at se mere af deres karakterer undersøgelser. Det er derfor måske filmen ville fungere langt bedre som en tv-serie i stedet for en film. Der er meget, der kunne gøres med de tegn, og der er helt sikkert et marked for skandinavisk tv af høj kvalitet, vi ser i disse dage.

Samlet set er dette en fornøjelig film, men en, der ikke fanger den spænding det desperat jager at levere.

Bedømmelse;
3 ud af 5.