One last chance to make it happen.
An Icelandic crime thriller with the gloss stripped away - leaving a bleak, sad and despairing narrative - director Oskar Jonasson's "Reykjavík Rotterdam" hones in on a down-and-outer at the very end of his rope.
For Kristófer (Baltasar Kormákur) life has been little more than a never ending series of failures and disappointments. Among other things, he made the colossal mistake of smuggling alcohol during his tenure as a shipworker - a little stunt that promptly landed him behind bars. Now, following release, he struggles to pull his life together while working as a security guard and continually attempts to support his family. Then the opportunity arises for Kristófer to do one final tour on a freighter running from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Rotterdam, Holland. Kristófer initially embraces the opportunity to work with his old friends once again - little foreseeing the malestorm of crime into which this move will plunge him.
"Reykjavík Rotterdam" er i 2012 blevet genindspillet i Hollywood under titlen Contraband med Mark Walhberg og Kate Beckinsale i hovedrollerne.
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