I watched the movie Headhunters, based on the book by Jo Nesbo, last night and really enjoyed it.
Perhaps you have to be 1.68m to really appreciate the story of Roger Brown, a short recruitment consultant who moonlights as an art thief ;-).
Roger’s gorgeous statuesque blonde wife Diana is much taller than him and an expert in art history. The insecure Roger feels he needs to provide her with luxuries, and support her new gallery in order to ward off the predatory taller males that she naturally attracts. Trouble arises when handsome Clas Greve, ex-mercenary and former CEO of a major military contractor who is currently between jobs, attends an exhibition at Diana’s gallery and Roger learns that Clas has a valuable painting in his apartment.
The action and excitement then accelerate with a rising body count and some typical Nesbo twists and turns to keep viewers guessing. At times you have to suspend disbelief especially when Roger is squeezed between two enormously fat policemen in a vehicle that goes off the road, but this movie is a fun thriller not a work of art.
Headhunters is a Scandinavian thriller with no pretensions to movie greatness, but it does have some memorable set pieces, and interesting over the top acting performances.
It will be fascinating to read the book in a few weeks and compare it with the movie.