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Behind that beard Mikkelsen is having as much fun as anyone

Mads Mikkelsen has long been Scandinavian cinema’s poster boy for maleness in crisis – from Nicolas Winding Refn’s films to Thomas Vinterberg’s recent . In the latter, he depicted sensitive midlife ennui going boozily off the skids. But his latest film has him in a more traditionally macho role, with the Viking facial hair to prove it. Made by Anders Thomas Jensen, who previously directed Mikkelsen in the eccentric , the film follows the aftermath of a subway bomb attack in which a woman is killed. Obsessive statistician Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) examines the facts, connects the explosion with a neo-fascist biker gang and persuades the dead woman’s husband – soldier Markus (Mikkelsen) – to join him on a mission to bring the gang leaders to justice.

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