Crappy film

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It never really comes together. I find it really unbelievable that anybody can give this movie a rating of 10 or anything like it. It cannot satisfy the 3 basic principles of drama .1 exposition ,2 development, 3. Recapitulation. My biggest problem is that as near as I can tell the whole sub-plot about the Olympics coming to Oslo has nothing to do with anything. So, what did we sit through that for? Also, I am not sure what the storyline about the doctor at the abortion clinic has to do with anything. I hate to see a movie and be confused and have a lot of questions. This movie did that to me big time. I could not recommend it to anyone for any reason. Maybe somebody who gave it a 10 could explain it to me. Yes the scenery is pretty but I didn't go to see your travel log. Without recapitulation, you haven't got a film.

I'm compelled to write a review after seeing so many disappointed viewers. I think most of those folks were hoping for something...different? The Snowman isn't running around chopping people up (well, he DOES do some dismemberment), but it's not in Friday the 13th/Jason or Halloween/Michael Myers fashion. It isn't an 'easy' film to watch - a bit of patience & concentration is involved. If you love Scandi & French crime thrillers, you'll probably appreciate this film and enjoy it as much as I did.

While investigating a missing persons case, an Oslo detective comes to the realisation that he's hunting a prolific serial killer who leaves snowmen near his victims. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender does an admirable job working with either an awful script or a butchered final product (it's honestly hard to tell). It's not interesting and it's not engaging ... in fact, it's boring and confusing. The story jumps back and forth in time with no real indication that you, the audience, have done so and there are only a few moments worth the price of admission, including a victim's head discovered atop a snowman and Val Kilmer uncovering a body by firing his gun to scare away the gulls (as seen in the trailer).If you did happen to see the trailer and deciding the film looked half decent, you'll remember dramatic shots of Fassbender running around outside a burning house ... but ... there is no burning house in the film (apparently it was cut after initial test screenings). That disappointment summed up the entire film - it just seems to have been hacked apart and put back together but with significant chunks missing. There's a subplot regarding a corrupt Winter Olympic bid run by J. K. Simmons which just stops unresolved once the result is announced, there's a woman who's nude photo is taken and kept for no discernible purpose, and the final encounter with the killer is an anti-climactic deus ex machina and a slap in the face to an invested audience.It seems like no one likes this film. It currently has 5/10 on IMDB and a whopping 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is perhaps a little harsh since that's the same score given to The Emoji Movie. You might think it's lazy to recite statistics rather than continue to review the film, but I refuse to put in more effort than the production team did. Best Quote: "I apologise for Oslo's low murder rate."

....the rushed production. It deviated so far from the book, dropped several characters and made everyone sound American or English. Perish the thought of reading subtitles! :o If they are planning to make a series of these like they did with James Patterson's books and Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross, please make the next one better. Take your time filming it.