Riders of Justice

Drama/Comedy |Danish with English subtitles | 116 minutes

Info

Emma and her daughter, Mathilde, board a commuter train in Denmark. Shortly after boarding, the train collides with a freight train and several passengers are killed, including Emma. Among the survivors are Mathilde, a statistics expert named Otto, and a tattooed, bald, creepy man. Mathilde survives. Mathilde’s father, Markus, an army soldier, takes leave, and comes home to comfort her.. Markus is visited by two mathematical geeks, Otto and Lennart. Otto was on the train and he convinces Markus, by mathematical reasoning, the train wreck was not an accident but planned by a crime mob called the Riders of Justice. Their intention was to kill a passenger, the tattooed man, who was going to testify against them. Markus is determined to join Otto and Lennart and avenge his wife’s death. Otto and Lennart bring in a third participant, Emmenthaler, a computer whiz with a talent for producing from data a composite of the mob leader. Markus, a trained soldier, coordinates the efforts of Otto, Lennart, and Emmenthaler urging them to hunt and kill the mob boss who planned the train wreck. Markus is bent on revenge but matters do not always go as planned.

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen (Markus) / Anne Birgitte Lind (Emma) / Andrea Heick Gadeberg (Mathilde) / Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Otto) / Lars Brygmann (Lennart) / Nicolas Bro (Emmenthaler)

Why Stream This Film?

Time Out film critic wrote this about Riders of Justice: “What separates the ensuing mayhem from a thousand generic thrillers out there is an impish streak and writing that smartly juggles big ideas, mad gun battles and guilty laughs. It’s hard to mind in a movie that is enjoying itself quite this much.”

Rotten Tomatoes Score (Critics Consensus): 96%
Metacritic Score: 81

Accolades

Florida Film Festival: Winner, Best International Feature
Hollywood Critics Association: Nominated Best Actor (Mads Mikkelsen)
Danish Film Awards: Winner, Best Actor (Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen); Best Supporting Actor (Lars Brygmann); Best Actress (Andrea Heick Gadeberg)

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