Black's Game [HD]

Icelandic Crime and Drug Fest that Rocks!
For such a small country Iceland doesn't half produce some talent and this is another example of what they can teach the rest of us. This is based on actual events and takes us back to the heady days of 1999, just before all the computers were going to fall over in 2000. It tells the story of Stebbi or `Psycho Stebbi' as he soon gets nicknamed (played by up and coming Thor Kristjansson `Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre'). He gets into trouble with the law and at the police station he runs into an old chum in the shape of shaven headed Toti (played by the guy with a name that rolls of the tongue - Johannes Haukur Johanesson ). Well Toti says he has a lawyer that is so great he can get him off the rap. So when Stebbi calls he says he will put him in touch for a small favour, a bit of mutual back scratching as it were.

Once the nature of said favour is made clear Stebbi starts to get cold feet, but they soon warm up again. Only then Toti gives him some advice in `self help'...

Great movie.
Priced just right and was impressed with the quality of the picture. Black's game was a real treat to watch. I would recommend this movie to anyone that enjoys an edge of your seat flick. Jamie

Not bad
Kind of a plodding/dawdling fictional "crime" movie about drug dealing in iceland. It's definitely watchable it just doesn't go anywhere. Is it worth watching? The scenery is definitely different and it's shot pretty well; probably worth a rental if you watch these kinds of movies all the time. I know the "payoff" in these movies is supposed to be when everything falls apart (the "tragic" fall) and the main character thinks about what he's done but in this movie this "payoff" isn't really handled well; it feels a bit hollow. Also: there's very little violence in this movie which is odd for this type of movie.

3 stars; no more no less. Meh is meh.

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