Headhunters (15)

This week sees the arrival of Headhunters onto the screen at Gloucester Guildhall. The film is showing from 22nd May (tonight), 23rd May and 24th May, 7:45pm each night. This film is a cool adaptation of Jo Nesbø's novel Scandinavian thriller.

Roger is a man who apparently has it all; he's Norway’s most successful headhunter, he's married to a beautiful and stylish gallery owner, he has a far too expensive villa. To keep his head above water financially, steal a little too much art.  Roger who is an accomplished headhunter decides to risk everything in order to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

The film provides audience members with pacy plot twists, bursts of stomach-churning viscerality and the odd dash of humour. These all make for an irresistible combination, and the audience are presented with an intelligent rollercoaster.

The director Morten Tyldum had his first feature film Buddy and this film screened at the London Film Festival.  Askel Hennie appears in Headhunters as Roger, who is an established Norwegian actor and has won a number of awards.

‘Headhunters is firmly rooted in the Scandinavian experience, and it moves with the speed of a demented lemming heading for the cliff-edge of a fjord.’ (Philip French, The Guardian)

‘this satisfyingly suspenseful and handsome film’ (Sandra Hebron, BFI)

Watch the trailer and see for yourself, what a superb night’s entertainment this film will be. 

Don’t forget to join the film club on Thursday 24th at 7:15 in the Guildhall Bar to watch Headhunters and then a chat about films.