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Superb Dark Comedy - Riders of Justice review by GI

A darkly funny revenge film with the always reliable and good Mads Milkelsen as a soldier, Markus, who returns home after his wife is killed in a train crash. Forever angry he finds it difficult to deal with his grief while trying to be there for his equally distraught teenage daughter. Then three nerdy guys show up who are obsessed with mathematical probabilities and computer hacking and are convinced they have evidence that the train crash was not an accident but a deliberate act in order to kill a prosecution witness who was on board the train and due to give evidence against the leader of a notorious biker gang, the Riders of Justice. This sets Markus on a path of revenge on the gang by any means. With a running theme around coincidences and chance this adult comedy pushes boundaries with it's tale of violence but balances this with laugh out loud scenes mainly from the contrast between the cold mercenary professionalism of Markus and the three geeks who have lots of 'issues'. (If you loved 2008s 'In Bruges' for example you'll love this) It's a strangely life affirming story that is really entertaining and very, very funny.

Joesy Wales - Riders of Justice review by SC

The Outlaw Joesy Wales set in modern day Denmark. And it works - highly entertaining.

A mix of comedy, drama and tragedy where a motley group comes together to counter an armed gang.

A little gem of a quirky thriller - Riders of Justice review by Alphaville

Following a murder, three academic probability experts and a special forces hard man team up for revenge. What’s new? The hard man and the gang who committed the murder play it as a straight action thriller, while the academics think they’re in a comedy. The conceit works brilliantly. Quirky characters, quirky plot and a film that’s both thrilling and funny, dark and moving at the same time. The director underplays each scene, giving every beat, comic or otherwise, equal prominence. The effect is to build the tension, disorienting the viewer so that you never know when it's going to explode into action. It works brilliantly. Surely worth a Hollywood remake for those who can’t read subtitles.

Interesting but Flawed & Unbelievable Danish Revenge Comedy Movie - Riders of Justice review by PV

I watched this as Mads Mikkelsen stars. He was magnificent in Hannibal the grand guignol TV series, plus The Hunt and more. He is great here too as are the other actors.

I loved the first half of the film especially - the 3 nerdish techies with various disorders are great characters.

Unfortunately, the writers try to squeeze too much in here - cutting some of that would have made it all leaner.

It is a movie unsure if it wants to be comedy or thriller/crime fiction, and that is fine, I like it. It mixes things up.

It becomes a bit like a Breaking Bad shoot-out in the end - I wonder if the film had been made without that, would the story suffer?

ALL totally unbelievable and seriously jumps the shark, and goodness knows what the prologue and epilogue are all about - probably something very Danish i am not party too. Ask a Dane!

4 stars - just.