Jo Nesbo's Jackpot

MA15+

2011

Directed by Magnus Martens
59%
55%
Action
Comedy

Norwegian crime comedy from the mind of Jo Nesbø (author of Headhunters). Four ex-cons load their guns and sharpen their knives... More

Norwegian crime comedy from the mind of Jo Nesbø (author of Headhunters). Four ex-cons load their guns and sharpen their knives after collectively winning 1.7 million kroner, only to disagree on how to divide the cash.

Oscar wakes up, terrified and bloodied with a shotgun in his hands, in what was once a respectable strip joint near Svinesund, Sweden. He is surrounded by eight bodies, and a police detective who has a gun aimed at his chest. By way of explaining himself, Oscar relates his story of four men who suddenly became 1,739,361 kroner richer after winning top prize in a soccer pool...

Says co-writer Jo Nesbø, "[Our film] has everything I haven't seen, but have desperately wanted to see on film, including one hell of a shootout in a porn shop south of the border".

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Jo Nesbo's Jackpot | Ratings & Reviews

59_%37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
55_%502 reviews
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"A stylish and pacey action-comedy full of spot-on performances, inspired but gruesome gags, with crack comic timing and barbed dialogue."

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Variety

"Although it can't help but feel a touch retro in comparison to Sweden's more sophisticated recent output, it gets by on good-humoured bad taste alone."

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Total Film

"One of the patchier entries in Scandinavian noir's recent purple patch."

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The Telegraph

"It lays on lashings of crim-bickering and jauntily scored arterial spurting when all you can stomach is some crispbread."

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The Guardian

"As straightforward - and disposable - as an airport paperback."

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Little White Lies

"Blood-spattered crime comedy benefits from whip-smart pacing and quirky Scandinavian attitude..."

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Hollywood Reporter

"Casually gruesome and corpse-littered, it's a shaggy dog story with an almost buried emotional core about friendship, betrayal, temporary alliance and craftiness."

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