Middle-of-the-road "Nordic noir". It starts with an engaging central premise - a Danish woman wakes up stranded in a small French village with a loaded gun, a sackful of Euros and no memory of who she is and how she got there - but with each piece of information fed to us, the mystery somehow becomes less interesting. Things do pick up a bit a little over half-way in where an extended flashback sequence carries us almost all the way to the finish line, but it ultimately turns out to be a fairly conventional if competently told amnesia story.

This is a decent thriller with a great setup. To have a character have amnesia may seem to some to be a cliche but I think it works strongly here. I really was intrigued with what was happening and why.

But once I got an inkling, it wasn't hidden in any way and that slowed the pace of the film for me. I wanted it to move on faster than it was. But it all made sense (except for the perfect banknotes) and worked.

A solid film and if you don't mind one that has high tension scenes but lots of slow unravelling portions then you will enjoy the mystery.

Just a little convoluted. Makes TELL NO ONE look like a "See Spot Run" adaptation by comparison.

The structure is the biggest issue followed by some real pacing problems, an unlikeable protagonist and fairly unsatisfying wrap-up. There is one cool scene at the end though, so there's that.

Its okay in parts with a pretty intriguing first half, but unfortunatly it loses much of that momentum.

Middle-of-the-road "Nordic noir". It starts with an engaging central premise - a Danish woman wakes up stranded in a small French village with a loaded gun, a sackful of Euros and no memory of who she is and how she got there - but with each piece of information fed to us, the mystery somehow becomes less interesting. Things do pick up a bit a little over half-way in where an extended flashback sequence carries us almost all the way to the finish line, but it ultimately turns out to be a fairly conventional if competently told amnesia story.

This is a decent thriller with a great setup. To have a character have amnesia may seem to some to be a cliche but I think it works strongly here. I really was intrigued with what was happening and why.

But once I got an inkling, it wasn't hidden in any way and that slowed the pace of the film for me. I wanted it to move on faster than it was. But it all made sense (except for the perfect banknotes) and worked.

A solid film and if you don't mind one that has high tension scenes but lots of slow unravelling portions then you will enjoy the mystery.

Stunning Swedish actress Tuva Novotny wakes up beside a river in France with a gun and a bag full of cash but no recollection of who she is or how she got there.
Full review www.themoviewaffler.com/2012/07/first-time-watches-june-2012.html

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Solid Danish crime thriller. Part psychodrama, part glossy Euro thriller with a bloody, frantic denouement