646f9e108c 18-year-old Caspar wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Björn. All goes well, until Jamal&#39;s gang decide they want revenge. What starts with pushing and shoving soon escalates into armed conflict. This is a big test for Caspar: is he ruthless enough for this battle? And will he drag his younger brother into it? &#39;Nordvest&#39; is a Danish film about a young criminal. Casper is a house burglar who sells what he steals to an Arab gang. But when one of the Arabs steals Casper&#39;s watch, Casper - completely missing the irony that he himself had stolen the watch in the first place - starts working for a rival gang, eventually getting his younger (and dimmer) brother involved also.<br/><br/>So far, so predictable - and the film largely is, even down to Casper&#39;s tender relationship with his toddler sister - hey, he&#39;s a thug with a heart! But a thug is still a thug and so it is difficult to feel any sympathy for himevents spiral beyond his control. In the lead role, Gustav Dyekjær Giese does a nice line in cool, and the film is definitely worth watching once - but only once. Even in the welfare society, it is difficult for a single mother to raise 3 children, particularly if two are teens whose need for money and approval is high. And less decent neighborhood includes several lures difficult to resist… Such is the background where two brothers Casper and Andy - leading characters of the film - have to cope. Surroundings is ugly and hard, with lots of gangs and violence, and outside help is scarcely available (incl. police or special organisations) - apart from adult criminals (suchBjørn or Jamal) eager to use the youngsters&#39; unshaped personality. But sooner or later, you have to make choices, and in such a way living, it is usually between bad and worse… The ending scenes are logical, although the very end could have been less brusque; well, it was intentional, I guess, for viewers pondering on and over.<br/><br/>The cast is rather uneven, the real brothers Dyekjær Gieses depict Casper and Andy well and in a realistic manner, but all the others were uninviting to me. The plot seemed unsteady, floatingwell, some scenes remained incomplete or provided no additional meaning to the film. Or I am just unable to see more values because I have been &quot;spoiled&quot; by distinguishable acting (e.g. Mikkelsens, Bodnia, Lie Kaas) and more sophisticated plots (e.g. Vinterberg, Vinding Refn) visible in Danish films.
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