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Jar City (aka Myrin) [DVD]

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson , Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir , Baltasar Kormákur    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
  • Directors: Baltasar Kormákur
  • Writers: Baltasar Kormákur, Arnaldur Indriðason
  • Producers: Baltasar Kormákur, Lilja Pálmadóttir, Kim Magnusson, Reinhard Klooss, Agnes Johansen
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Jan 2013
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001L5SNHK

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Icelandic thriller set in Reykjavik, based on Arnaldur Indrioason's award-winning crime novel 'Myrin'. When an elderly man, Holberg (Porsteinn Gunnarsson), is found murdered in his basement flat, jaded cop Inspector Erlendur (Ingvar Eggert Sigurosson) and his team discover that, some 30 years previously, the victim was accused of a string of horrific crimes - but never convicted. A photograph of a grave then connects the case to the recent death of a young girl from a rare genetic disorder. As Erlendur follows an ever more tangled trail of unusual forensic evidence, he uncovers secrets that have implications for the genetic bloodline of an entire country. Meanwhile, Erlendur is grappling with problems a lot closer to home as his daughter Eva (Agusta Eva Erlendsdottir) stumbles into drug addiction and sexual promiscuity.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars If you enjoy the Indridason crime novels... 11 Oct 2010
By EMB
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and the Swedish Wallander TV series, you will probably like this film. This the first of Indridason's crime novels based on his detective Erlender and I had read all the books in the series so far before seeing this. I thought it was a very good adaption and hope that they will do more. It is more thoughtful than hard-hitting and while the plot is complex enough, it is not a high octane thriller. I actually like the fact that the characters look like real people and as I am interested in Iceland, found it gave some interesting views of Icelandic society today. If you like the serious Nordic approach to crime, you should enjoy this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Complex yet stunning 17 Mar 2009
By godzilla78 VINE™ VOICE
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Jar city is a complex, dark yet engaging film. It is beautifully shot, showing the barren and sometimes desolate landscape of Iceland. Just what links a rare genetic disease, the death of a young girl, a murder, a rape which occurred 20 years ago and a missing person? Well you'll just have to watch it to find out. Despite the subject matter, the film does have the odd moment of humour which does wonders to shift the mood. The main actor gives a tremendous performance in what is a highly enjoyable film and yet another reason why Scandinavian film is perhaps the best in Europe. This won't be to everyone's taste however I liked it a lot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The spirit of repulsion 11 May 2011
By technoguy TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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A sheep's head,Einstein's brain,and dug-up skeletons,tainted blood.A lovely feast and spectacle for the Icelandic tourist board to contend with let alone this detective procedural.There's a certain shock value to all theseitems, an esoteric,forensic quality,as well as a maguffin or two.Jar City by Arnaldar Indridson has been filmed by Kormakur to bring out the terrors and dangers of the wilderness of Iceland in sepulchral blue tones.There are spectacular,sweeping shots of the landscape as Erlendur,the dour detective drives across it,searching for connections to the murder of a lonely,old rapist,together with an effective choral soundtrack.A major theme is the unlocking of a government DNA database and organ centre,Jar City,by the genetic researcher,Orn,who is bereaving his young daughter's death,and has gained unlawful access,leading to tragedy.Isolated in the Atlantic, wind-swept, wet with winter gloom,seams of humour run through the darkness like the returning sun to pagans. Erlendur is the depressed father of a junkie daughter who is pregnant and needs his help.The Icelanders'diminished populationseeks survival through the DNA database and the fact that the raped women have not aborted their children.The murdered Holberg has,through rape, given birth to children with his own genetic brain disease.

There is hatred and fear of the surveillance society.The idea of the keeping of these old family secrets-tragedies,sorrows and death-classified in computers,waiting to be called up.Dark secrets,black landscapes,grim weather and long winter nights.There are sleazy retired cops and brooding psychopathic criminals waiting to escape prison and murder.The awkward,unglamorous,beardy Erlendur(Sigurdsson) keeps the tone basic and real,with his tender regard for his daughter amid the chaos,in a film whose well-trodden themes of how the past infects the present through genetic and emotional inheritances,lays seige through a repulsion that haunts him like an evil spirit.This nordic noir, full of unsettling atmospherics, feels genuinely fresh.
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4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ATMOSPHERE
I watched this one dark and blustery afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it.Slow moving detective thriller but with a great script,characterisation and a spooky score make this a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vlad the emailer
4.0 out of 5 stars Good adaptation of the book
I thought the characters were very well cast and especially the actor portraying Elendur was just as I had imagined him from reading the book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Maria2222
4.0 out of 5 stars raw and postglacial
One murder leads to the unearthing of past sins, in this Icelandic police yarn. The landscape is raw and postglacial, and things don't warm up much from there. Read more
Published 5 months ago by tallmanbaby
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Top Nordic Crime Thriller
This 2006 Icelandic film written and directed by Baltasar Kormákur, based on Arnaldur Indridason's novel and starring Ingvar E. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Keith M
4.0 out of 5 stars Icelandic CSI captures the tragedy of the human condition
Despite its initially dismal pallor, Jar City is a compelling crime drama from Iceland and also one that, because it considers the eternal human problem of crime and punishment -... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Philoctetes
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Having read all of the Arnaldur Indridason books available in english. I found this film, to be true to the book and a change from the horrible american rubbish we see. Read more
Published 16 months ago by kc
5.0 out of 5 stars First class film
This film has all the ingredients of a good mystery. It also has great intrigue and sombre atmosphere. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Keith Carr, State Registered Paramedic
4.0 out of 5 stars Jar City
I'm currently showing a bit of an obsession with foreign crime (as if we don't have enough of our own!) and BBC4 is the place to find it. Read more
Published on 17 May 2011 by Moonlit
4.0 out of 5 stars Bleak yet compelling film
Just caught this film on BBC4 (the current haven for intelligent foreign films/series)and was very impressed indeed-the only thing preventing a five star review is that it just... Read more
Published on 9 May 2011 by Mrs Pisaroni
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the novel...?
Whoever complains that this is dull is kind of missing the point, I feel. I love Scandinavian crime fiction, I love the Swedish Wallander TV series for its bleakness and forensic... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2011 by LivingStereo
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