Riders of Justice Unclassified 18+
Retfærdighedens Ryttere
Mads Mikkelsen headlines this ingenious, pitch-black Scandi revenge comedy.
Career soldier Markus cuts short his deployment to care for his teenage daughter, Mathilde, after his wife is killed in a train crash. But then he has visitors: a fretful statistician and his hacker friends, who believe the crash was no accident – according to their calculations, it was masterminded by the outlaw bikie gang Riders of Justice to silence a witness who was about to testify against them. The PTSD-afflicted Markus needs no further excuse to unleash his very particular set of skills, but can he hide his vigilante campaign from Mathilde?
Again delivering a magnetic lead performance, Mikkelsen reunites here with Anders Thomas Jensen (Men & Chicken, MIFF 2016), an acclaimed screenwriter (In a Better World, Brothers) turned skilled helmer of Danish black comedy in his own right. IFFR 2021’s standout opening-night title, Riders of Justice is a wittily plotted, gun-happy tale of risk, fate, grief and parenthood – a sort-of-reimagined Taken were it transported to Denmark then infused with screwball comedy and masculine tenderness. Fans of Shane Black, the Coens and Scandinavian noir should definitely hop aboard this wild ride.
“Salty, violent, transgressive, button-pushing, non-PC and laugh-out-loud funny … In terms of deranged, unpredictable escapism, Riders of Justice delivers.” – Screen Daily
In Cinema
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Key Cast
Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Producers
Sidsel Hybschmann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Screenwriters
Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel
Cinematographer
Kasper Tuxen
Composer
Jeppe Kaas
Editors
Anders Albjerg Kristiansen, Nicolaj Monberg
Format
Digital
Company Credit
Distributor: Rialto Distribution
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Mads Mikkelsen headlines this ingenious, pitch-black Scandi revenge comedy.
Career soldier Markus cuts short his deployment to care for his teenage daughter, Mathilde, after his wife is killed in a train crash. But then he has visitors: a fretful statistician and his hacker friends, who believe the crash was no accident – according to their calculations, it was masterminded by the outlaw bikie gang Riders of Justice to silence a witness who was about to testify against them. The PTSD-afflicted Markus needs no further excuse to unleash his very particular set of skills, but can he hide his vigilante campaign from Mathilde?
Again delivering a magnetic lead performance, Mikkelsen reunites here with Anders Thomas Jensen (Men & Chicken, MIFF 2016), an acclaimed screenwriter (In a Better World, Brothers) turned skilled helmer of Danish black comedy in his own right. IFFR 2021’s standout opening-night title, Riders of Justice is a wittily plotted, gun-happy tale of risk, fate, grief and parenthood – a sort-of-reimagined Taken were it transported to Denmark then infused with screwball comedy and masculine tenderness. Fans of Shane Black, the Coens and Scandinavian noir should definitely hop aboard this wild ride.
“Salty, violent, transgressive, button-pushing, non-PC and laugh-out-loud funny … In terms of deranged, unpredictable escapism, Riders of Justice delivers.” – Screen Daily
In Cinema
For more venue information and for information about accessible services provided at MIFF this year, please go to miff.com.au/access.
To ensure that MIFF can provide you with the best customer service, if you require any accessibility services that MIFF offers at any MIFF venues, please book your ticket by emailing boxoffice@miff.com.au or by phone on 03 9087 3395.