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Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The peaceful rural setting for this story does not give a clue about how bad things will turn out in the end. Johannes, a successful lawyer that has returned to his origins, is working on his house. He has help from a Bosnian refugee, Alain, a man whose past conceals the tragedy he has lived. Alain has come to Denmark looking for the peace he never got in in native land. Johannes' wife Pernille is seen early in the story trying to teach her two children to be accepting of other people that might not think like them.Everything changes in the serene landscape as Lars, brother of Johannes, and a long distance truck driver, gets distracted on the road and hits Anna, a woman that is kindness personified. Lars panics after he finds the crushed body and decides to get it out of the road to erase his crime. Getting rid of the evidence is not easy. He decides to keep some of the bloody pamphlets that Anna was carrying when she was struck.Lars, who is a drunkard, hangs out with guys that, like him, love womanizing and drinking. As Lars comes into town, he spots Alain, whom he despises because he considers an interloper in his country, aggravated by the fact the man is a Muslim. Lars sees in this man a scapegoat to cover up his crime. So, in pretending to be friendly to the immigrant, he plots how to peg the killing of Anna to Alain.Ingvar, who employs Lars, decides to fire Lars for being late. Lars has planned to come to the town's fair with his buddies and create trouble for Alain. Getting Alain drunk, triggers a series of events in which Ingvar decides to go through the route traveled by the innocent Alain, where he discovers Anna's mangled body. Helped by Lars and his drinking partners, Ingvar decides to go after the Bosnian, who Johannes has taken home. What follows is a riot of monumental proportions because Johannes decides to stand against Ingvar and the rioters. When all is said and done, Johannes wants no more of the life style he wanted because he is disillusioned of the people he thought to be kind and welcoming."Deliver Us From Evil" is a sobering account where people's prejudice and xenophobia come into being from such unexpected sources that it is shocking. Director Ole Bornedal examines a quiet community where things are gentle in a tolerating Danish society like the small town in the story. Liquor and drugs are the instruments to kindle a mob when the news of the killing of a beloved lady, the wife of a pillar of that society. The indignity to have a foreigner in their midst that can do such an evil act, sparks the reaction, fueled by losers like Lars, and his idiotic pals. Jens Anderson is the evil Lars, a man that shows no remorse in hiding a crime and fueling the temper of his gang to create trouble. Lasse Rimmer stands in contrast as Johannes the man that has made something out of himself. Lene Nystrom's Pernille strikes a right note, showing an affinity with the material. Mogens Pedersen and Pernille Vallentin make a valuable contribution. Dan Lautsen's cinematography enhances our enjoyment of the film, as well as the incidental musical score by Stefan Nilsson and Johan Liljedal.

Xenophobia. Xen-o-pho-bi-a. Noun: an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. The definition of the word does not only describe in one word the main theme of Ole Bornedal's latest film but also the vast majority of main and supportive characters that appear in the story. The writer/director of "Nattevagten" – which still stands as one of the best European thrillers ever made according to yours truly – serves us a simplistic and sadly identifiable story, set in a remote little community where everyone knows and accepts each other but distrusts and reject outsiders. Imagine yourself the type of place where a traumatized war fugitive tries hard to fit in and accept jobs that nobody else wants, but at the same time the local drunks and lowlifes complain that these immigrants are stealing their jobs. This is a controversial but sadly all too familiar topic, and it takes a talented and courageous director to make a confronting – albeit sometimes grotesque and exaggerated – movie out of it. Johannes and his family return back to his birthplace in the countryside, where they bought an old mansion that he is renovating with the more than welcome help of a Bosnian fugitive named Alain. Most of the town folks are marginal proletarians, however, like Johannes' brother Lars who's an alcoholic, pregnant girlfriend beating truck driver. On the day before the town's annual highlight – a carnival with a beer tent – Lars runs his truck over a sweet old granny who was on her way to the chapel on her moped. Lars frames Bosnian immigrant Alain for her death, which instantly causes the entire town to go on an aggressive and drunken manhunt. Johannes is the only person protecting Alain and they all entrench themselves in the house as the outrageous lynch mob arrives. I watched "Deliver Us From Evil" at the Belgian Festival of Fantastic Films, where Ole Bornedal was present to introduce the movie himself. He said this was probably the most brutal movie he'd ever make. He's right, of course, but there simply isn't any other way to tell such a raw and shocking but sadly realistic story. According to Bornedal, the media and politicians want to make us believe that bad people only live in the Middle Eastern area, but this movie and its crude but recognizable characters prove otherwise. The comparisons with Sam Peckinpah's early 70's classic "Straw Dogs" are more than justified. Both film slowly but uncannily build up towards a shocking climax that only leaves behind victims. The dead and dying can't repent for the type of sins they committed and even the survivors won't be able to live happily ever after. If you decide to watch "Deliver Us From Evil", prepare yourself for devastating viewing experience, with a continuously unpleasant atmosphere and a number of truly gritty images, that will spook through your head for several more days. But it's more than worth it.

I love watching foreign movies, Scandinavian in particular, so I had high hopes about "Fri Os Fra Det Onde". Unfortunately, the movie falls flat on it's face. I get the feeling the director was trying to shock us more than entertain us. The actors (most of them) were not only acting poorly, but their characters behavior was non credible. I felt the whole movie was built on clichés.You got your village drunk who also seems to be the local hero. He beats his girlfriend, but she wants to stay with him because he gives promises about marriage. And of course, she's pregnant. The drunkard also has sidekicks, Chip 'n Dale, who do what they're told. The village idiot who everyone makes fun of because of his bad stutter. The rich couple who really doesn't belong there, and nobody likes them. They are not one of them, despite the fact that the husband is the drunkards brother. They got lots of money. And they cared for the refugee, allowing him into their home. Big no-no. The poor language impaired man from Bosnia (I think) who lost his family and accidentally does an "Of Mice and Men" thing. Beerfest, drinking contest, racism, urinating...Stupid and lazy police officers, a crazy elder with PTSD and last but not least, bewildered women who dances half naked around a bonfire with the not so attractive, vindictive men. Ah yes, they also rape the wealthy wife. In front of the children.There's only one thing unique about this movie. The story is so unbelievable it almost gets interesting from time to time. Also the cinematography is stunning.Maybe I'm being too harsh, but this is what I felt. I will not watch this movie again.P.s Lene was hot, bring Aqua back! d.s.

The only good thing about this movie was the acting from Jens Andersen which was excellent. Else this movie was just total nonsense. Exaggerated in every sense and during the entire movie I was thinking what the hell is this. It tries to describe the life of people in the suburb and trying to make it interesting, pointless exaggerated violence is created.For this movie Ole Bornedal really failed.the acting from Aqua Lene was also okay.Lasse Rimmer is bad casted for this movie. He is to nice guy material and gives his part a science fiction feeling