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Adapted from Jo Nesbø’s novel, this workaday Nordic noir from Italian photographer-turned-director Francesco Carrozzini simmers before boiling over. Alessandro Borghi plays John, a hitman hiding out on a remote island, where he befriends a mother (Jessica Brown Findlay) and her son (Raphael Vicas). Peter Mullan (as John’s gangster father) and Sam Spruell (as troubled twins) bring some menace, but despite the intriguing setting - where daylight rarely relents - the drama never really takes off. Accents from all over the map don’t exactly help matters.
