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‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: A Compelling If Chilly Replay of Denmark’s Biggest Heist
Frederik Louis Hviid’s confident but emotionally remote true-crime thriller stars brawny Gustav Giese as part of a multinational armed-robbery.
The biggest robbery in Danish history gets the big-screen treatment in “ The Quiet Ones,” a somber piece whose chronicle from a heist’s inception to its disastrous (for the perps) aftermath has stirred comparisons to Michael Mann’s “Heat” 30 years ago. By contrast, ”Enforcement” co-director Frederik Louis Hviid ’s second feature is an absorbing true-crime tale that readily holds attention for two hours, while lacking the deeper emotional involvement to linger in the mind long afterward. Successfully straddling that somewhat icy tone and a more hyperbolic effect are the anxious, pulsing synth textures of Martin Dirkov’s original score, which duly recall enduring prior thriller soundtracks by Tangerine Dream and Giorgio Moroder.
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