The Guilty

There’s something really effectively claustrophobic about this one-man crime drama. “Asger” (Jakob Cedergren) is a cop, not without his own baggage, reluctantly manning the emergency line when he gets a worryingly intriguing call from a woman who is clearly in distress. He establishes that she is on a motorway, in a white van and has two children who have been left alone at their home. As his shif...

Great stuff, I love films like this. <em>'The Guilty'</em> is a film that takes place at just one location, something that always has the potential to hinder a film's watchability - but when it's done right, there is nothing more engrossing to watch, and this 2018 flick is just that. I did predict where it was going, but as I always say: predictability in itself is never a negative, for me a...

Absolutely loved it - a "small" but great movie, and best proof that you don't need a big budget to keep an audience glued to the screen and at the edge of their seats. It's basically a room, a man and a telephone, and still manages to tell an intense story (and with a twist). Grim, but still has a few fun moments of relief. Fantastic performance by Jakob Cedergren, who also turned out to be a rea...