There's something awfully derivative in the state of Denmark, if not exactly rotten. And if this debut feature from Niels Arden Oplev is any indication, Lars von Trier ( BREAKING THE WAVES) has a lot to answer for. Named after a brand of Danish cement -- the
kind used to build the unnamed industrial wasteland against which the story is set -- Oplev's film centers on hard-case Janus (Anders Wodskou Berthelsen) and his tenderhearted younger brother Jakob (Michael Muller). They're reunited after Janus is released from prison, and in an effort to pay off
Janus's debt to extremely (if selectively) violent crime boss Lasse (Ulrich Thomsen) get involved in the drug trade....
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
103 mins