King's Game

2004

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Ulrik (Anders W. Berthelsen) witnesses a struggle for power after a party leader is involved in a deadly car accident.

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A bit contrived as these plot lines tend to be. Lars Mikkelsen is wasted given his minimal screen time-he's rather good at playing the part of a slimy POS. Overall, a very good effort worth watching.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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A very well acted and directed political drama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Nice - house of cards feeling in the movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Intelligent political thriller...Very good start for the director Nikolaj Arcel.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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King's Game takes its time to ensure it delivers one message to you; there are hunters, and there are prey. For the rest of the hunt you'll be watching both trying to figure out which they are. If you can tell then you're doing well! With a level of acting seamless enough to make you forget it's acting, a score that's replaced its strings section with tension & tease and cinematography that understands how to revel in the subtleties of a character, it stands out as a film with direction, confidence and merit earned on its own terms. If you're bored by good-guy / bad-guy political showpieces eager to explore burning moral dilemmas (yuk!) then this is the antidote you've been looking for. I almost don't want to recommend it, because then I might run into someone and say "hey have you seen Kongekabale? It's ab--- oh you've seen it?... Damn."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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A gripping political drama that reminds one of a John Grisham book.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Nikolaj Arcel

Director

Anders W. Berthelsen

Ulrik Torp

Søren Pilmark

Erik Dreier Jensen

Nastja Arcel

Lone Kjeldsen

Nicolas Bro

Henrik Moll

Lars Mikkelsen

Peter Schou

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Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2005

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Paul Dale

The List

This solidly watchable slab of insider histrionics and strained morality rarely surprising, nor particularly original.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 26, 2019

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

King's Game is adapted from a novel by political insider Niels Krause-Kjoer and as such, the script has an air of seasoned authenticity about it.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 24, 2005

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

One would never guess that it was made by a rookie director. A ride of nail-biting suspense and unsuspected insight.

Jul 2, 2005

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Synopsis

Ulrik (Anders W. Berthelsen) witnesses a struggle for power after a party leader is involved in a deadly car accident.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Producer: Bo Ehrhardt, Birgitte Hald
Screenwriter: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg
Production Co: Nimbus Film
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Danish
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2020
Runtime: 1h 47m

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