unbrokenmetal Norway, 1363. Signe (Isabel Christine Andreasen) must watch when bandits kill her family, she is the only survivor. The leader of the bandits is a woman, Dagmar (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal). They take Signe to their camp, but she manages to escape with the help of another abducted girl, Frigg (Milla Olin). The two girls are now on the run, persecuted by five merciless killers, across an empty wasteland...This is a very, very good movie because it keeps the story simple, escape and chase. There is only a small number of characters, and everyone has an interesting background story. For example Dagmar is not just kidnapping girls because that's what bandits do. We get to know in a flashback that her own daughter was taken from her years ago, and that left a traumatic desire to replace her. Also the historic setting is interesting: after the Black Death killed many people a few years before this story begins, almost everyone has lost loved ones, families are broken apart, it's a society in a hard situation. In a Hollywood movie, you'd get a CGI dragon, a thousand extras nobody cares about and a fight for the crown of a viking kingdom. In this modest Norwegian production, you only have two girls running for their lives, and it keeps you thrilled during the whole 80 minutes. Less is more in this case. Highly recommended.

Gordon Alexander This film was actually more enjoyable with subtitles - it's interesting how many phrases sound identical to Scots. That aside, I've not been so absorbed in a film for a long time. I noticed an earlier review which mentioned that a rubber sole on a shoe was visible in one scene - my thoughts while watching the film were that the footwear seemed authentic and that the soles appeared to be wooden, and I think that sounds likely to be feasible, as wooden soles and clogs were around in Europe since before Roman times. The overall period feel of the film seemed faultless to me. The performances of all the actors were of a high order and wholly convincing. The script tells a simple yet powerful story - usually I tend to answer email and reply to messages in the middle of films these days (getting old, I guess) but not with this one. Excellent film.

DanteDAnthony Flawlessly crafted and acted. Each of the characters engages your interest, even the evil ones some sympathy as one senses their back stories. The landscapes scenes transcend the clichés of "beautiful nature" and reveal it as sometimes magnificent, sometimes dangerous, and often simply what nature at the end of the day is; a universe we did not make that is neither for nor against us.The story line has been done many times, but there is a freshness in this film, an immediacy, and a sense of deft actuality that places you there. Nothing is wasted, nothing is overdone, and with each shot the characters reveal not the standard villains of the era, but merely people caught up in the after effects of the Black Plague's having ravaged the stability of Europe.

OJT This little film was better than expected, reading some of the reviews. If you can stand a simple story about hunters and the hunted, and like a film from the rural medieval ages, this might be a film for you. The film was already sold for cinema showings in 55 countries before it premiered in Norway, after being a success at TIFF in Toronto.The poster tells a lot, but this is not an action film, it give you a bleak glimpse of everyday life just a few years back in a poor country, where half the population was killed by the black death plague. It's a fictive story, but you buy it, since both acting is good, as well as the technical stuff is well done. Together with grand natural nature mountain landscapes, this is very pleasant to watch.The girl, Signe, goes through a horrific start in this story, watching her family being slaughtered, before she is captured by the lawless killers. As the title of the film tell, Flukt (which means flight, like in a runaway from hunters) she manages to escape, which is the English title of the movie. And it's not a easy one, this escape.Director Roar Uthaug (known from Cold prey) knows his work. This is both exciting and pretty. The effects are good, the photography is beautiful and well done. The acting is good, the girls are good, the villain played by Berdal nothing short of frighteningly amazing! Then, what is wrong? Well, really nothing. Things could only be slightly better. Except you'd probably like a more advanced story. I don't think this is the most important, because many still will enjoy this glimpse of the 1300's in rural Norway. It's bleak and grim, but still likable.Actually another Norwegian film comes to mind, watching this, Veiviseren ("Pathfinder" in original version, not the American remake with the same name) which was an Academy Award nominee back in the eighties. This is better, coming 25 years later. But time has moved on, and Veiviseren wouldn't hold the quality today.