“someone needs us”

phenomenal, the intensity was so well maintained that it only felt minutes long. the script is solid as a rock and the plot twists were so alarming that i could feel my own heartbeat thudding wildly in my chest. i would definitely definitely check this out, especially since the runtime is a perfect 85 minutes long

I have this problem where I get ahead of stuff really fast. I've seen too many goddamn movies and a lot of times plot twists just announce themselves to me immediately. I don't do it on purpose and I don't say this to brag. It irritates a lot of my friends and generally ruins sturdy premise-based thrillers like this for me. Anyway.

In the vein of Locke, this super low-budget but effective thriller had me on the edge of my seat. It had the appropriate twists and turns to keep the audience guessing. It played with my emotions and had me in tears. How come Danish films are often just so good? 

Vegan alert:
Iben’s favorite food is pork sausage. 

Vegan points:
The police dispatcher doesn’t eat pork.

I'm pretty sure this movie's goal was to give me a panic attack... No joke, there were a couple of moments when I had to pause it to get my sh*t together. This story is nuts. This thriller is nuts. Watching someone take phone calls for 85 minutes has never been so stressful. One of the best single location movies out there. I'm going to go take a shot of something strong now. Bye.

“I didn’t have the heart to tell her.”

Brutal. The Guilty takes a premise similar to 2013’s Locke and amps the stakes all the way up. One man, one location, a constant stream of phone calls. I was not prepared for how deeply tense this was, nor how shocking the twists would be. Some of the events described in these emergency calls are absolutely grisly, but the restraint in not depicting any of it made it able to take (in small doses). This is incredible work for a debut, and the lead’s performance of such a flawed character was perfect. It was so compelling to see a character with so much passion who just was not built for the task at hand.

Please take notice of the weird similarity between this poster and the one for Halloween. I’m sadly not joking when I say that I primarily saw this tonight and not later on so the posters could be side-by-side.

Rating: 87/100

INTENSE AS FUCK!!!
No guilt watching this movie at all!

A very good example of one of these. I was most The Guilty of being in the tank for the thing before it had even begun.

Even beyond the absolute clinic in economic, bare-ingredients filmmaking, there’s a lesson to be learnt here in sacrificing your character for the good of your fellow man. I know a few that could do well to take notes right now!!

But real talk, If I were to make a movie; I think I’d love it to look something like this.

Peak sweaty cinema.

Magnolia. Cinema 
2.39:1
Color 
Codex
15

Gustav Möller’s Den skyldige (The Guilty) is a masterstroke of simplistic narrative and structure. To describe its deliriously shocking and intoxicating plot would be a crime to those who want to be transported into arguably the darkest and nightmarishly atmospheric story imaginable.

100

FULL REVIEW AT NERDLY UK

Simply phenomenal. An early contender for my favourite first time watch of 2019. This really is a hell of a piece of work.

„The Guilty“ ist ein aufregender, minimalistischer Thriller, ein spannendes Rätsel mit falschen Hinweisen und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. 

Ein paar kleine Schwächen im dritten Akt, verzeiht man ihm gerne. 

Die Handlung in diesem Echtzeit-Einraum-Thriller  entfaltet sich vollständig durch eine Reihe von Telefonanrufen und mit schöner Regelmäßigkeit geben uns die Macher Hinweise, die das Interesse aufrechterhalten. Sie erhöhen den emotionalen Einsatz im richtigen Moment, ohne dass der Film jemals mit Zwischenfällen überladen werden würde. In knappen 85 Minuten ist kein Platz für überflüssige Details und die Erzählung wurde dementsprechend von allem befreit, was ihrem hohen Tempo im Wege stehen würde.

Fazit: Sehenswert!

Ist zur Zeit auf Prime zum streamen.

I thought the only kind of movies I did not enjoy much were those that are set in one place.

For the rating, that means I this movie was a good slap to my face and i was completely wrong!

P.S. the sound mix and editing of this is perfection.

Wow. I am not going to say much because it’s better not knowing what it’s about, but this was really good. The way it’s told and how it just keeps adding layers to its story is so well done.

I'm a huge sucker for minimalism in film and 'The Guilty' does a fantastic job at achieving so much with so little.

Lo que hace esta película es increíble. Logra llevarte por toda una intensa travesía por medio del sonido y de unas muy buenas actuaciones. El actor principal es deslumbrante y qué decir también de los actores que prestan sus voces.

Pretty nice script and Atmosphere the whole way through. Acting were bang average, filming and editing average aswell. But storytelling with one location to film, must be very hard to pull off! And they did that. Supense the whole wat through.

locke (2013) tentou mas só den skyldige (2018) conseguiu

Cold reality, enjoyable filling in the blanks before protagonist does himself. Visually it's clean and inoffensive, but not the most stimulating.

"Las serpientes

¿como hacer una película de suspenso en una locación? Excelente interpretación y guión. Con giros.
Juega mucho lo que escuchas y como lo escuchas.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

GRANDIOSA!!!!!
Hace tiempo que una película no me sorprendía y encantaba tanto, realmente esta muy buena, tiene un guión sensacional y quizá uno de los mejores que haya visto, recomendada a cualquier persona fanática de las películas de suspenso.

...remember when i said i maybe wanted to be a 911 operator? well forget it cuz i can’t handle it after all !!