Gamle mænd i nye biler (2002)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Lasse Spang Olsen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (writer)

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (Denmark)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...

Plot Keywords:

Airport | Cooking | Thief | Prequel | Robbery

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Kim Bodnia	...	Harald
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Martin
Tomas Villum Jensen	...	Peter
Brian Patterson	...	Vuk
Torkel Petersson	...	Ludvig
Iben Hjejle	...	Mille
Jens Okking	...	Munken
Jacob Haugaard	...	Erling
Slavko Labovic	...	Ratko
Thomas Rode Andersen	...	Dan Hansen
Dorte Daugberg	...	Sygeplejerske
Anna-Britt Mathiasen	...	Bank assistenter
Jacob Michelsen	...	Bank assistenter
Kristian Wasshede	...	Hotelportier (as Kistian Wasshede)
Josefine Bergsøe	...	Charterstewardesse

Also Known As:

I kina spiser de hunde 2 (Denmark)
Old Men in New Cars (Europe: English title)
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II (International: English title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish | Swedish | Serbian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Denmark:11 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Flyvestation Værløse, Værløse, Sjælland, Denmark

Company:

Thura Film

Goofs:

Continuity: In car chase after the bank robbery, the police cars chasing are Ford Mondeo, but the police cars smashed are older Ford Escorts and Opel Asconas (Vauxhall)

Quotes:

Ludvig: Well, I lived with my mother till I was twelve.
Mille: I thought you said she died when you were nine.
Ludvig: Yes, she did.
[pause]
Mille: Oh you're so sweet...

Movie Connections:

References Olsen-banden (1968)

Wonderful black comedy...

I don't know what all these people are complaining about - I saw this movie in a film festival over here and spent most of the movie trying not to p*** myself with laughter. How the characters get in and out of such completely off the wall situations, and the deadpan way they said some of the lines left me in hysterics.

Granted it isn't a perfect film, but it's a good 7/10