Riot On! (2004)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Kim Finn

Writers:

Kim Finn (writer)
John Hakalax (writer)

Release Date:

12 November 2004 (Finland)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Sex, lies and mobile games

Plot:

The year is 2000 and investors are going crazy about a new mobile phone company called Riot Entertainment...

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Richard Stanley	...	Narrator
Ninja Burgess	...	Herself
David Bowes	...	Himself
Rod Britton	...	Himself
Rico Camus	...	Himself
Steven Frank	...	Himself
Al Giebel	...	Himself
John Hakalax	...	Himself
Jani Halme	...	Himself
Johanna Hytönen	...	Herself
Vesa-Pekka Kirsi	...	Himself
Petri Kuittinen	...	Himself
Panu Laaksonen	...	Himself
Pasi Marjanen	...	Himself
Hanna Marttinen-Deakins	...	Herself

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

English | Finnish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Australia:R (2007) | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Company:

Hakalax Productions

Trivia:

Before the film's premiere at Helsinki International Film Festival, there was a legal threat posed to the authors aiming to ban the film from public screenings. This caused quite a stir and was reported also in Finland's largest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat. Also, security staff was hired to the Helsinki International Film Festival premiere in case of violent outbursts from people involved in the documentary.

Movie Connections:

References The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

A good story, vividly told -

I suspect this film may not have done very well at the box office here in Finland, not least because it seems hardly to have been marketed. That's a pity, because it tells a good story of greed and folly in a very vivid way, and gives insights into the Finnish mindset which are usually open only to those fairly few foreigners who have a grasp of the language. (And in doing so, it overcomes some of the more tired clichés about the Finns, which I fear Kaurismaki's films sometimes exaggerate.) It looks good, there are some very funny moments, and the soundtrack - featuring some very tacky versions of well-known classics - complements the visual material very satisfactorily. It would be a pity if it failed to reach a wider audience.