This is a solid drama about true events that happened in a working and correction camp of young criminals on a lost island of Norway. The story tells the acts of rebellion, vengeance and escape of young males in 1915 when a paedophile supervisor comes back to the camp after an incident that the camp directions officially ignores because the supervisor holds evidences of bribery against them and uses them to not be betrayed or send home for his unspeakable acts.
The movie is quite touching and authentic. The acting is very good and the events are intriguing enough to entertain you for around two hours. Especially the ending is dramatic, tragic and truly gripping. The locations, the grey but exotic locations and the use of light techniques and camera angles create a blackened mood and make this flick a mixture of a drama and something like a film noir which is rather intriguing.
On the other side, the story offers nothing new or surprising and I have seen better and more intense prison movies in the last years. This kind of film could have hit harder two decades ago or so but nowadays the topic feels a little bit worn out. The movie also takes too much time to kick off and has a couple of lengths at some points. The movie could have also explained what happened to the island and its horrible institution after the tragic events of 1915 and the ending leaves us a little bit unsatisfied for this reason.
In the end, this movie is a solid and interesting flick. It's nothing spectacular but surely worth your attention if you stumble over this or if this movie will be released in the cinemas or video shops of your country during the next months. Let's conclude that the atmosphere and the acting are the strong points in here in comparison to the slow paced and rather mediocre story which is the weak point in here.
The movie is quite touching and authentic. The acting is very good and the events are intriguing enough to entertain you for around two hours. Especially the ending is dramatic, tragic and truly gripping. The locations, the grey but exotic locations and the use of light techniques and camera angles create a blackened mood and make this flick a mixture of a drama and something like a film noir which is rather intriguing.
On the other side, the story offers nothing new or surprising and I have seen better and more intense prison movies in the last years. This kind of film could have hit harder two decades ago or so but nowadays the topic feels a little bit worn out. The movie also takes too much time to kick off and has a couple of lengths at some points. The movie could have also explained what happened to the island and its horrible institution after the tragic events of 1915 and the ending leaves us a little bit unsatisfied for this reason.
In the end, this movie is a solid and interesting flick. It's nothing spectacular but surely worth your attention if you stumble over this or if this movie will be released in the cinemas or video shops of your country during the next months. Let's conclude that the atmosphere and the acting are the strong points in here in comparison to the slow paced and rather mediocre story which is the weak point in here.