Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.
Writing
Rashomon-style structure, increasingly unhinged flashbacks.
Practical Effects
Gloriously messy practical effects, blood everywhere.
Acting
Kyrre Hellum's panicked everyman energy carries the whole thing.
Director
Magnus Martens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a story by Jo Nesbø, who also wrote Headhunters — another Norwegian greed-gone-wrong thriller.
The 'tipping' pools system is huge in Norway; winning big and immediately ruining your life is practically a national pastime.
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