Portland (film)

Portland is a 1996 Danish drama film written and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, in his feature film debut. It stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, and Iben Hjejle.

The film is set in northern Denmark and depicts the violent drugfueled adventures of two brothers, Janus Anders Wodskou Berthelsen and Jakob Michael Muller at the bottom of Denmarks social ladder.Stephen Holden called the film bloodchilling with the feel of a nihilistic prank. But although flashy, it has fundamental weaknesses. Partly because the actor playing him has no dramatic range, the transformation of Jakob from softhearted reformschool punk into sadistic iron man isnt the slightest bit convincing. Mr. Berthelsens lankhaired, pillpopping Janus, however, is all too real. As this connoisseur of pain punches and lurches his way through the film, you see exactly how antisocial impulses can be warped into a code of outlaw values. ........

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