Headhunters: Press reviews

'fascinating rather than exciting'

'This is basically a genre movie that wants to do more than just entertain while turning the screw on unfettered capitalism. I'm not sure it does that, but it certainly does entertain.'

'Well worth hunting out'

'this Norwegian thriller revels in the absurdity of its super-charged Hitchcockian story, and it's all the more enjoyable for it.'

'a cool, brutal, deeply Scandinavian thriller'

'The action is relentless and the suspense never lets up'

'Anyone tired of the surly, leather-jacketed seriousness of the ‘Millennium' trilogy and looking for more spark and spice in their Scandinavian crime sagas need seek no further. Pure joy.'

'it's a film of tonal uneasiness and escalating ridiculousness, though the black humour softens the plot's unlikelier turns.'

'what makes Headhunters such an enticing prospect is the sense that it is working on a duel level: one as a down-the-line, slick-as-hell thriller, and the other as a mischievous satire'

'If it does look pretty sadistic by the end, then at least it's sadism carried off with style and a crushing black sense of humour.'

'Mr. Tyldum's blithe sense of narrative amnesia and absurdity is healthy and appropriate. But the endless pursuit begins to feel a little pointless and, even with a couple of false-bottom shocks, repetitive.'

'The plot mechanics screech when we're asked to believe them, making it better to imagine yourself in a Bond realm of techno-implausibility'

'The parts barely relate, never mind work together'