The Guilty

2018

ThrillerDramaCrime

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

"The crime is bigger than you think"

Rating

7.312
1725 votes

Popularity

4.694

Origin & Countries

DK | da | Denmark

Production

Nordisk Film Denmark

Runtime

86 min.

Status

Released

Release: 2/22/2018

Credits

The Guilty

Gustav MöllerDirector

The Guilty

Jakob CedergrenAsger Holm

The Guilty

Jessica DinnageIben (voice)

The Guilty

Omar ShargawiRashid (voice)

The Guilty

Johan OlsenMichael (voice)

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Reviews

Jan

10/5/2018

9 / 10

Absolutely loved it - a "small" but great movie, and best proof that you don't need a big budget to keep an audience glued to the screen and at the edge of their seats. It's basically a room, a man and a telephone, and still manages to tell an intense story (and with a twist). Grim, but still has a few fun moments of relief. Fantastic performance by Jakob Cedergren, who also turned out to be a really nice guy (saw it Zurich Film Festival, and there was a Q&A with him). If you have a chance, go see it!

r96sk

6/15/2023

9 / 10

Great stuff, I love films like this. <em>'The Guilty'</em> is a film that takes place at just one location, something that always has the potential to hinder a film's watchability - but when it's done right, there is nothing more engrossing to watch, and this 2018 flick is just that. I did predict where it was going, but as I always say: predictability in itself is never a negative, for me anyway. I can still appreciate what a film attempts to do and can enjoy seeing the filmmakers pull it off. The whole 90 minutes or so of this is absorbing, it's portrayed superbly throughout - terrific dialogue, editing, sound and, of course, acting. Jakob Cedergren makes for a top quality lead. A brilliant performance! Given how the film is told, the rest of the cast don't have much to work with so it's very much the Cedergren show - but, still, the likes of Jessica Dinnage, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen and Johan Olsen add to the film positively with their more audible contributions. I'm fascinated to see how the American remake went of this. I'm a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal's and I think I have seen an image of him next to a red light, which I presume is in fact a shot out of the 2021 retelling. I'm hoping they did something with it similarly to Gyllenhaal's 2011 film <em>'Source Code'</em>, which I adore, but I shall see at some point in the future, hopefully. As for this, I'd highly recommend it!

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