Country
Denemarken
Year
2020
Language
Danish spoken, English subtitles
Actors
Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Gustav Lindh, Nicolas Bro, Lars Brygmann, Roland Møller
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Duration
116 min
A deadly train crash, three eccentric mathematicians, and one dogged soldier: Riders of Justice is a mercilessly witty revenge film that collides chaos, chance, and humanity.
When his wife dies in a train crash, soldier Markus suspects it wasn't an accident. With the help of three unworldly data nerds, he embarks on a relentless quest for justice—or revenge. What follows is an explosive mix of action, dark humor, and existential melancholy, in which calculation and coincidence constantly undermine each other. In Riders of Justice, Mads Mikkelsen gives a layered portrayal of a man trying to bring order to a meaningless world.
The film dismantles the revenge genre with humor, heart, and unexpected tenderness. As brutal as it is moving, Jensen shows how loss and logic are incompatible—and how connection is sometimes the only counterbalance to the randomness of life. A raw, witty, and deeply human modern classic.
The Complete Anders Thomas Jensen
In honor of the release of The Last Viking, Anders Thomas Jensen’s sixth feature film as a director, we’ll be screening in December the five films he directed prior to it. Each one is an absurdist gem full of pitch-black humor and grotesque situations, yet always marked by a keen eye for human behavior and unexpected tenderness.
Agenda
There are no new dates planned (yet) for Riders of Justice.
