The Guilty (2018)

Release date: 2018-10-19
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Director: Gustav Möller
Production Co: Nordisk Film / SPRING, Nordisk Film Production, Det Danske Filminstitut
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Rating: 7.5/10
Length: 1h 25min

Storyline

Alarm dispatcher Asger Holm answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. When the call is suddenly disconnected, the search for the woman and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his only tool, Asger enters a race against time to save the endangered woman. But soon he realizes that he is dealing with a crime that is far bigger than he first thought.

Plot Keywords

kidnapping, race against time, police vigilantism, real time, telephone conversation, police, single set production, suicide threat, telephone call, low budget film, dead child, murder, mental illness, suicide, snake, death of child, male protagonist, guilt, feature film directorial debut, phone ringing

Short Review

This Danish potboiler is organized around a few nimbly executed plot twists, and like many similarly designed thrillers, it leaves the audience with little to think about once all the surprises have been revealed.