I onde dager AKA The Trip (2021)
director: | Tommy Wirkola |
release-year: | 2021 |
genres: | thriller, comedy |
countries: | Norway |
languages: | Norwegian |
A murderous, feel-good Norwegian splatter comedy about a couple spending a relaxing weekend at their summer house.
![She's a bad actress and he's a bad director. She's a bad actress and he's a bad director.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/ab99482f4eb04cc900.webp)
They both fully intend on murdering the other.
![They have financial issues. They have financial issues.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/d1bd206553e5254c00.webp)
The husband goes for the kill, but the wife gets the upper hand.
![She had to change out of pink to use a gun. She had to change out of pink to use a gun.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/b54d4ef45355839700.webp)
Then there's a reversal. You know this will happen, because you know the movie is not 15 minutes long.
![The husband has an accomplice. The husband has an accomplice.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/160a84e4bfec791f00.webp)
You also know neither of the couple can die until the end, so they'll have to introduce a bunch of side characters to die violently.
![Don't get too attached to the accomplice. Don't get too attached to the accomplice.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/bbca43b2f27774ce00.webp)
A trio of murderers show up, which is extremely convenient for the plot.
![They are the least Scandinavian part of this film. They are the least Scandinavian part of this film.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/857aebf78cfa48cb00.webp)
The murderers get the upper hand.
![They take a pause from slapstick to do some acting. They take a pause from slapstick to do some acting.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/4c269aefa00921c900.webp)
The murderers introduce dumb poop jokes, and there's serious risk of losing the plot.
![They take a pause from acting to do some slapstick. They take a pause from acting to do some slapstick.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/ffdfbe5aad3b82a000.webp)
But the filmmakers suddenly remember why we're here, and everyone gets murdered violently.
![Dad showed up. Dad got murdered. Dad showed up. Dad got murdered.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/e1b3ef7c920cedb700.webp)
When I describe something as a silly, light-hearted, slapstick, feel-good horror rom-com, I would typically mean that in the most negative way possible. But, in this case, I mean it in the most neutral way possible.
![The murderers have unclear incentives. The murderers have unclear incentives.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/d66ba1d9fa197b3d00.webp)
It's pretty well acted, it's very well shot, it's legitimately funny at times, and it's ever-so-Scandinavian. But the cartoony back-and-forth fighting does drag on. Remember On Evil Grounds (2007)? This is what it would have been like, had it not been completely awful.
![The ending gets no praise. The ending gets no praise.](https://bio.amoo.se/processed_images/7f8d777cfabc985700.webp)