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‘The Trip’ Review: With This Gun, I Thee Shoot

In this Norwegian thriller on Netflix, a murderous couple get more bloodshed than they bargained for.

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By Lena Wilson

Most people don’t prepare for getaways with their spouses by buying a hammer, a hacksaw, duct tape and rope — but Lars (Aksel Hennie) is not most people, and “The Trip,” directed by Tommy Wirkola, is not most movies. Its initial premise is this: Lars has planned to murder his wife, Lisa (Noomi Rapace), during their holiday, but he’s thwarted when it turns out Lisa has been preparing to do away with him on the very same trip. Unfortunately, while that concept promises a fun, agile thriller, “The Trip” all too quickly descends into a juvenile, nihilistic mess.

Lars and Lisa’s mutual blood bath turns into a group affair when some unexpected outsiders, including the escaped convicts Dave (Christian Rubeck), Roy (Andre Eriksen) and Petter (Atle Antonsen), coincidentally join the fray. Each actor gamely tackles the ensuing violence and emotional turbulence, and Rapace is particularly excellent at juggling the two. The film reveals its many surprises through flashbacks, sharp editing and an absurd script clearly aiming for irreverence.

But “The Trip” upsets its own tenuous balance of darkness and drollery, grasping at tasteless material about genitals and poop, though its basic premise is much smarter — and perfectly delightful — on its own. Such artlessness turns what could be a quick, jaunty movie into a slog. By the end of a protracted attempted rape sequence, I was dismayed to discover that I was only halfway through its two-hour duration.

“The Trip” is occasionally fun, but other films have handled gleeful gore and psychological torture with a far more skillful touch. The film pays clear homage to Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games,” a whip-smart commentary on cinematic violence. It doesn’t do itself any favors by inviting that comparison.

The Trip Not rated. In Norwegian, with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes. Watch on Netflix.

Lena Wilson is a project manager at The New York Times and a freelance writer covering film, TV, technology and lesbian culture. More about Lena Wilson

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This movie is not meant to be politically correct but if there is a line, Wirkola has definitely stepped over it.

Full Review | Jul 20, 2023

“The Trip” isn’t for the faint of heart. Some scenes are extremely intense and the further it goes the gorier the movie gets. Yet it’s all fused with this wicked sense of humor that often pops up in the most unexpected moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 16, 2022

The Trip thankfully steps back from the sadness of a crumbling relationship and instead presents its chaotic flipside

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 28, 2021

Like a cross between My Poor Angel and Funny Games. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2021

This is a gruesomely graphic and pitch-black comedy-horror-thriller loaded with entertaining plot twists great and small.

There's a whimsical, Wes Anderson-like quality to the way Wirkola introduces characters and plot twists, though the tone is more Martin McDonagh with a dash of Quentin Tarantino.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Oct 27, 2021

Bloody good fun, and damned bloody and damned funny in the bargain.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2021

It inspires a few choking laughs, it's challenging in its unpleasantness, and it's likely to satisfy any iron stomachs who are up to the task.

Full Review | Oct 19, 2021

What then follows is 90 minutes of occasionally hilarious, sometimes gruesome, slightly queasy, but certainly inventive cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2021

The fights are violent, bloody, all in a pronounced tone of macabre and absurd humor. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Oct 18, 2021

Unfortunately, while [its] concept promises a fun, agile thriller, "The Trip" all too quickly descends into a juvenile, nihilistic mess.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2021

A wild, zany ride that Wirkola and his cast are 100% committed to. At the risk of sounding cliché: you'll want to take this trip.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 5, 2021

The film becomes a chaotic whirlwind of hilarious situations. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 5, 2021

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[Editor’s note: The following review contains major spoilers for “The Trip (Onde Dager).”]

In real life, when married people say they think about murdering their spouse, most don’t actually mean it. In Tommy Wirkola’s devilishly fun black comedy “The Trip” (Norwegian title: “Onde Dager”), they do. Landing somewhere in a delicious Venn diagram between thriller, horror, and comedy, “The Trip” is a fast-paced joy ride that should make even the squeamish delight in a little bloodbath. Cheeky and inventive in equal measure, with brilliant performances all around, a whipsmart script and sharp pacing make “The Trip” one of the most fun watches of the year.

(Since much of the fun comes from an endless parade of rabbits Wirkola pulls out of his insane hat, knowing too much about the action could take the edge off. Consider yourself warned.)

The movie opens on a soap opera set, where a smoldering couple is fighting over an outrageous infidelity. “That’s right, I’m pregnant with your dead brother’s son’s baby,” a blonde actress cries, before the sleepy director calls cut. This is Lars (Aksel Hennie), a dissatisfied TV director whose career hasn’t worked out quite how he imagined. He’s heading to his family cabin with his wife Lisa ( Noomi Rapace ), where they plan to go hiking, a detail he makes sure to share loudly with anyone who will listen, including said blonde actress and his grouchy father. But when he stops by the hardware store for a hammer, saw, and rope, it’s clear he has other plans.

Exuding big “fabulous diva who hasn’t worked in years” energy, Rapace’s Lisa is dialed in from her first dramatic entrance. Sauntering down the driveway in a pink getup with sunglasses, hoop earrings swaying and gum popping, she hands Lars her purse as if he’s the help. With a final glance at the nefarious tools he’s squirreled away, Lars slams the trunk and the rocking title rolls. Buckle up, we’re in for a hell of a ride.

Once at the cabin, the couple needle each other about every little thing. They fiddle over the stove temperature, and when Lars won’t touch the raw steak he’s prepping, Lisa grabs it with her hands. Even their bickering is grounded in an all-too-relatable naturalism that feels forced in most on-screen marriages. After a tense dinner, Lars heads down to the basement to lay out his loot. Soon, he’s sneaking up behind Lisa, hammer in hand. It’s all so early in the film that it seems a prime fake-out. Perhaps he’s just planning some carpentry? But when he lunges at Lisa, she turns around and tases right him in the neck. Oh!

When Lars comes to, he’s tied up and, this time, Lisa is the one holding the hammer. When he admits he planned to kill her for her life insurance, she fesses up to her own similar plan. The camera swings to the left, and yellow block letters announce: “One Day Earlier.” This is the first of many quick flashes in the film, each one revealing information that upends the action in increasingly outrageous ways. It’s a clever trick, and it’s also one that’s never too indulgent. When the same technique introduces three escaped convicts with psychotic Three Stooges vibes, the fun has really only just begun.

There’s a whimsical, Wes Anderson-like quality to the way Wirkola introduces characters and plot twists, though the tone is more Martin McDonagh with a dash of Quentin Tarantino. Like the best McDonagh plays, the violence reaches wildly gratuitous levels without ever feeling like overkill. There’s comedy in the exaggeration, like the sound of brains plopping on the floor or a hand mangled by a boat motor. As the surprises roll in, the plot grows more and more outlandish, revealing the film’s full-on tongue-in-cheekiness. When Lars tells his father, bleeding out in his beloved hammock, “I just blew a guy’s balls off with a shotgun,” dad replies: “I’m proud of you, my son.”

Both seasoned Norwegian talents, Rapace and Hennie are wickedly good together. With her hair dyed a shade of trying-too-hard blonde, she milks humor from the desperate actress routine, despite sporting a quite successful career. Equal parts lumbering and lost, Hennie is the perfect blend of bumbling fool who looks like he could wrestle a mountain lion if he had to. With the right level of empathy and insanity, these two sell the emotion behind the couple’s bloody vitriol, eventually grounding the film in a satisfying human realness. There’s no risk of things turning maudlin once an old man has been shredded by a lawnmower, but it’s nice to find a little light at the end of this bloody, whirlwind tunnel.

“The Trip (Onde Dager)” is currently streaming on Netflix .

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REVIEW: “The Trip” (2021)

One of my favorite things about each movie year is coming across something completely new and unexpected. Movies that I had never heard of and that were never on my radar, yet caught me completely by surprise. Netflix has done that very thing with their new foreign language flick “The Trip”, an impossible to label Norwegian film from director and co-writer Tommy Wirkola.

I call “The Trip” impossible to label because it can’t be put into any box or assigned to any one genre. It’s a movie that defies any and all expectations and is full of surprises both narratively and visually. It leaps back-and-forth between genres never staying in the same place for very long. To give you an idea, it sometimes plays like a serious marital drama and other times like a pitch-black comedy. One second it’s a crime thriller and then it hits you with gruesome body horror. There’s even a terrifying “Funny Games” sequence complete with the emotional and physical savagery of that Hanake film.

Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie play Lisa and Lars, a dysfunctional couple on the outs who set out on a weekend trip to the mountains where they own a rustic lakeside cabin built by Lars’ father. Lars is a dissatisfied director who’s stuck making cheap television soap operas. “ You’re no Hitchcock ”, his cantankerous father (Nils Ole Oftebro) gruffly reminds him. Lisa is a struggling theater actress who loves performing but has recently been turned down for several big parts. Both are frustrated; both are unhappy. But at least they have each other, right?

So they head to the mountains for a much needed getaway, yet they can’t even make it to the cabin without an argument breaking out. It quickly becomes clear that these two despise each other. But maybe this trip is exactly what they need. Could they end up where most couples do in movies like this? You know, rekindling an old flame and rediscovering that love that first brought them together? Well, they’ll first have to overcome a pretty significant obstacle. As it turns out, both have come to cabin with plans of killing their spouse. See what I mean? That’s a pretty big obstacle.

I don’t want to say more because this truly is a case of ‘the less you know the better’. One of the film’s biggest strengths is its ability to broadside its audience with something they never see it coming. It begins practically as soon as they arrive at the cabin. “ Home Sweet Home ”, Lisa wryly says signaling that we’re in for a twisted ride. Both lead performances are strong especially from Rapace who has an often underrated ability to express emotion without uttering a single word.

Let me stress, “The Trip” isn’t for the faint of heart. Some scenes are extremely intense and the further it goes the gorier the movie gets. Yet it’s all fused with this wicked sense of humor that often pops up in the most unexpected moments. There were times where I was physically jolted by the violence and other times where I caught myself laughing out loud. What’s most amazing is how Wirkola keeps it all together. Not perfectly (the poop gag is certainly a low point), but more than enough to keep his audience entertained and always wondering what’s coming next. “The Trip” is now streaming on Netflix.

VERDICT – 3.5 STARS

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Netflix’s The Trip is — well, I was going to give the usual spiel about it being a Norwegian black comedy-slash-thriller starring Noomi Rapace ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , Prometheus ) and directed by Tommy Wirkola of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters fame, but I’m just gonna cut to the chase and say it’s some sick shit. And as most sick shit goes, its smooth-as-guts-in-a-blender-set-on-puree mix of yucks and yuks is very much a take-it-or-leave-it affair.

THE TRIP : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Gist: For some reason, The Trip doesn’t open with a crazy scene that’s on the precarious lip of a suspenseful cliff before flashing back to the beginning — it just opens at the beginning. How very novel! So, a husband and wife sit in bed arguing and the conversation gets pretty nutty and out there and, as we suspected, they’re just actors on the set of a soap opera. Lars (Aksel Hennie) is the director. He chitchats with a co-worker about how he and his wife are going up to the cabin this weekend and he stresses repeatedly how she wants to go on a long hike into the mountains, and isn’t that dangerous? On his way home, he stops to visit his dad at the nursing home so the old man can question his manhood. Then he goes to the hardware emporium for a hammer, a hacksaw, some rope and duct tape — you know, the Serial Killer Special, $49.95.

He picks up Lisa (Rapace), and the bickering starts immediately. Needling. Irritation. Teensy little digs. Death by 1,000 cuts on both sides. Their professional lives are lousy and the poison’s bled into their personal lives. They get to the cabin and as he unloads his collection of suspicious tools, the camera lingers on a cabinet full of shotguns, and as she mills about the kitchen, the camera gets a lensful of butcher and bread knives. Why? No reason. Just the usual stuff you’d find in a cabin in the Norwegian forest where you might go hunting and then need to cut up the animal you killed.

Lars and Lisa drive each other nuts cooking and eating dinner, and before bed they play a game of Scrabble that only further sledgehammers the wedge between them. The next day, we follow Lars as he fetches the hammer from the basement and heads to the kitchen for two belts of booze, and the camera angle for this shot is canted, oh so very canted. He sneaks up behind Lisa and before he can ballpeen a hole in her skull she quickly turns around and tases him. It’s probably safe to say that marital counseling would be pointless at this stage of their relationship.

What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: The War of the Røsens ! (Yeah, I know, Røsen is Swedish, not Norwegian. Just give me this one!)

Performance Worth Watching: Rapace and Hennie are equally excellent at playing shitty people, pairing nicely like fava beans with a nice Chianti.

Memorable Dialogue: Lars gets in the nastiest dig ever (decontextualized to avoid a spoiler): “Maybe you’ll be satisfied now.”

Sex and Skin: None, but be warned, there are disturbing scenes of sexual assault.

Our Take: …Then again, Lars and Lisa do seem to finally be on the same page, homicidal though it may be, so loll that sweet and sticky caramel-flavored irony around in your mouth for a minute there. The revelation that they want to kill each other in the most literal fashion comes at the 21-minute mark of a 114-minute movie, so it’s not a spoiler to say things escalate from there, via a game of one-upspersonship that goes from cold to violent to utterly ruthless to extremely violent to repulsive to even more extremely violent to thoroughly complicated to flat-out gory as hell. And yes, other characters get involved, lest it get too repetitive. If you can hang with it through its demented twists and turns — no guarantees, love it or hate it, no deposit no return, mileage may vary, etc. — it’ll be to see what resolution Wirkola and co-screenwriters Nick Ball and John Niven came up with, and not because you root for any of these people, who are, at best, poor examples of the human species.

So I guess that means The Trip exists in the satire realm, where marital discord is depicted with immense exaggeration and grotesque homicidal impulses are rendered in rich, bloody reds. One wonders if Lars and Lisa find this elevation of confrontation therapeutic, going from passive-aggressive to insanely aggressive, dropping the sniper rifles for a knife fight, sometimes not at all in a metaphorical fashion. Wirkola occasionally crosses the line between bad taste (which is good; think John Waters) and tastelessness (which is bad; think R-rated Adam Sandler vehicles), spending the majority of the budget on burst blood vessels in eyes and viscous strings of various bodily fluids drooling from mouths and hamburgered knees and innards turned into out-ards — total gorebuckets, more splatter than two or three of those wussy middling slasher movies they make for eight-year-olds these days, he said, nudge wink grain of salt.

Anyway, the movie adheres to the cliche that all is fair in love and war. It’s amusing and irreverent, bleak and repulsive — and therefore an exercise in cognitive dissonance, I guess. It’s definitely conceived more in sickness than in health. For better or worse. ’Til death by disembowelment or shotgun do we part. I’m gonna stop there.

Our Call: STREAM IT. The Trip is far from great, and at its best, it’s barely good. But it inspires a few choking laughs, it’s challenging in its unpleasantness, and it’s likely to satisfy any iron stomachs who are up to the task.

Will you stream or skip the Noomi Rapace black comedy/thriller #TheTrip on @netflix ? #SIOSI — Decider (@decider) October 16, 2021

John Serba is a freelance writer and film critic based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read more of his work at johnserbaatlarge.com or follow him on Twitter: @johnserba.

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Directed by Tommy Wirkola

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A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.

Noomi Rapace Aksel Hennie Atle Antonsen Christian Rubeck André Eriksen Nils Ole Oftebro Stig Frode Henriksen Tor Erik Gunstrøm Selome Emnetu Galvan Mehidi Evy Kasseth Røsten Harald Dal Ask Sørsdahl Jeppe Beck Laursen Kristoffer Jørgensen Jonas Hoff Oftebro Fredrik Skavlan Sturla Dyregrov Ailo Gaup J.V. Martin

Director Director

Tommy Wirkola

Producers Producers

Kjetil Omberg Jørgen Storm Rosenberg

Writers Writers

Nick Ball John Niven Tommy Wirkola

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Patrick Larsgaard

Cinematography Cinematography

Matthew Weston

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Matthew Cooper Laura Ugolini

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Nick Spicer Aram Tertzakian

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Joseph Hodges

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Maria Ducasse

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Bryan Jones

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Kristoffer Jørgensen

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Christian Wibe

Sound Sound

Pål Baglo Marius Paus Brovold Baard H. Ingebretsen Tormod Ringnes

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Oddfrid Ropstad

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Davide Losi

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Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★

In terms of black comedies, I personally believe that being too effective, especially in terms of performances, is the worst thing one could do. Taking this path often detracts from the experience.

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Good chaos!

The Trip is a twisty, hilarious, and entertaining movie about a couple's hijacked plan to kill each other. Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie as warring wife and husband sold their characters well, bringing us the strains of a crumbling marriage with comical, macabre ease. These actors are supported by villains who seemed to be having a blast filming too. The Trip 's turns gets better and better with each passing detail using A-form script, witty dialogue, inventive storytelling and constant energetic atmosphere. Tommy Wikola should also be commended for his committed direction; maximizing the location, the witty dialogue and the rambunctious climax to its full effect. A black comedy-thriller that's gory, bloody and gruesome without the eek factor, The Trip is a trip worth taking.

Review by Kevflix And Chill ★★★ 1

#SlasherSaturday For some reason, I did not place that this was Noomi Rapace in the lead until just now when I was writing this. Perhaps because I watched the English dub and it wasn’t actually her voice I was hearing. This was a really fun watch, though. Tommy Wirkola brings the violence and there’s a good amount of pretty hilarious dialogue too. Appreciate the pick because I’m still lagging behind on watching more of Wirkola’s work. Probably about time to watch Violent Night again.

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Review by haley ★★★½ 1

i really had no idea what to expect with this one, but i loved it. it definitely felt a bit awkward at first, but once things really got going, it had my full attention. this was such a fun comedic thriller/horror film with plenty of violence and a brilliant ending. them constantly leaving weapons on the ground drove me crazy though.

Review by bombsfall ★★★½ 1

One of the better fjord-centric climaxes I have seen in a movie. Fjans of fjords will fjind a lot to like here.

Review by JBird ★★★½

Sometimes love is a bit static, As a couple moves toward the dramatic. A weekend away, Will go astray, From the basement up to the attic.

Review by Mister Cap ★★★½ 4

"The Trip" ist ein wirklich wilder Ritt, bei dem Rückblenden dauernd die zentrale Handlung unterbrechen, nur damit man versteht, was gerade jetzt passiert.

Es ist ein cleverer Trick, den das Skript mehrmals verwendet und er bleibt auch bis zum letzten Aufguss faszinierend, da er ständig eine weitere Ebene hinzufügt, gerade wenn wir glauben, die Richtung des Films zu kennen.

Neben den wirklich sehr blutigen Gewaltexzessen, ist der pechschwarze, clevere Humor, vor allem nachdem er die Furz und Scheiße Phase hinter sich gebracht hat, besonders markant und hat mich an manchen Stellen laut lachen lassen.

Ich fand es toll, dass die beiden Hauptfiguren, Lisa und Lars (Noomi Rapace und Aksel Hennie) nach anfänglichen "Unstimmigkeiten", gezwungen waren, sich wieder zusammen zu raufen…

Review by Robert E. Acuña ★★½ 2

When they do the American remake I hope it's just a sequel to 'Marriage Story' but with guns and gore. That way the " Adam Driver Prophecy " can be fulfilled.

'The Trip' or 'In Bad Times' is a film that takes its wacky premise way too seriously. Like this is some 'Home Alone' type shit and they are treating it with so much unnecessary respect.

Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie give really great performances. When the film leans into the goofiness they excel flawlessly.

But this film struggles the minute the 3 convicts show up. It gets so serious that the humor becomes jarring when it returns. 'Ready or Not' did this same idea but kept it funny all throughout and was better for it.

This just didn't click for me as I had hoped.

Review by Big Rig ★★★

It’s always a pleasant surprise to come across a Netflix film that I thoroughly enjoy, and The Trip is one such film.

Wirkola and his cast are 100% committed to this film, which really shines through in the final product. The film understands its roots, and exploits them to create a film that is as funny as it is dark, and as fun as it is horrifying. My only really issue is that there were some jarring tonal discrepancies within these differing styles. The darkly comedic exchanges and situations are brilliant, but are stitched between terribly nihilistic themes which, although interesting in their own way, seem misplaced.

Despite its flaws, The Trip deserves to stand alongside Wirkola’s Dead Snow (and perhaps unlike Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters…).

Review by aswin rayendra ★★★½

Such a gem to be found in Netflix.. And what a family bonding movie it is all about! Better to go into the movie blind without reading any synopsis about it and you'll get a gory, energetic, with a pinch of Tarantino-esque black comedy thriller and it's just so much fun, maybe the bloodiest thing I've ever seen from some of the releases this year. Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie also led the movie brilliantly. My main gripe is that it has kind of TV-movie picture looking quality into it, but it's still worth your time to watch.

Review by Zay ★★★★½ 2

The Trip is a bonkers Norwegian black comedy full of bloody comical shenanigans. Similar to last year's Russian Why Don't You Just Die! A couple goes up to a cabin for a seemingly peaceful weekend that turns out to be anything but. Double crosses, shotgun blasts, quirky characters, and toxic relationships make this one of the most entertaining films of the year!

*Available via Netflix*

Review by Lynn Betts ★★★½ 8

# SlasherSaturday finally up-to-date for my first anniversary! Thanks to my fellow slash monkeys: you've been a real lifeline to me over the past year!

And now, for THE TRIP (pick for Dec 2):

Noomi Rapace and Scandanavian yuppie slashing? Where do I sign up?

I know not all foreign films need reboots or remakes - and of course not as quickly as the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series - but may I suggest Margot Robbie and Bill Burr for the Hollywood version?

That married couple... everyone knows a married couple like this, with whom you wouldn't be surprised if something twisted and sordid went down between them.

No real innocents here, so it's fun to see them gorily duke it out.

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The Trip (2021) Netflix Movie Review – Starts with a bang; ends with a whimper

Starts with a bang; ends with a whimper

The Trip is a fun little horror/comedy that outstays its welcome long before the predictable ending. Like riding the same rollercoaster multiple times, the joy and exhilaration soon turns to uncomfortable impatience as you wait for the ride to end. That pretty much sums up The Trip, which comfortably tiptoes across a tightrope of ideas before buckling before the end of its bloated 110 minute run-time.

The story here is pretty good in truth, and the switch-and-bait opener paves way for a number of deus-ex-machina segments that stack up across the opening 45 minutes. In its simplest form, The Trip is a tale of a dysfunctional and disgruntled couple that both have plans to kill the other, but as fate would have it things soon turn from crazy to outrageous.

Unbeknownst to the other of course, Lisa and Lars both pack up their gear and head to a remote mountain cabin for a relaxing weekend. Only, Lars comes armed with a hammer, saw, rope and a whole slew of other goodies that wouldn’t be amiss from Dexter’s trunk. However, Lisa comes armed with a taser – and her wits.

There’s a lick of Mr and Mrs Smith echoed through the opening bouts of the film, which eventually paves way for a tonal shift at the midway point, as Lisa and Lars find themselves turning from predators to prey. It’s very obvious where the film is going after this and given the unpredictable nature of the first half, it’s disappointing that The Trip takes such a lackadaisical turn.

The comedy is pretty good in truth but soon turns into crude slapstick that loses its appeal very quickly. It’s akin to someone telling you a really funny joke… and then going on to elaborate and retell the joke again to get bigger laughs – it just doesn’t work.

The Trip isn’t a bad film though, and it’s definitely worth a Friday night watch as the winter draws in. It doesn’t quite have the same crude appeal as fellow Netflix horror/comedy flick All My Friends Are Dead but it’s just about imaginative enough early on to make up for its later shortcomings.

Ultimately, The Trip starts with a bang but ends with a whimper, ending somewhere in those murky waters of mediocrity. It’s a fun watch for sure but unlikely to be remembered for very long after the credits roll.

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In Norwegian black comedy, The Trip (aka I onde dager ), a dysfunctional married couple head to a remote cabin in the woods in order to spend the weekend together. But while it might look as if the pair are up for some rest and relaxation, this is the furthest thing from their minds, as both have plans to bump each other off.

However, the couple’s murderous intentions are soon abandoned when they encounter a significant stumbling block: Three escaped convicts have made their way to the cabin. If the couple thought they had problems before, they soon discover a whole lot more trouble as the convicts take over the cabin. But can the pair put aside their differences long enough to escape their new nightmare, or are they better off fending for themselves?

Directed by Tommy Wirkola, The Trip stars Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie. The movie is available to stream on Netflix from today, and is a dark farce, ideal for those who like danger with their humour.

This is a movie about murder after all, so expect a significant amount of blood and a lot of violence. At times, this film moves into some very unsettling places, so don’t expect anything even remotely warm and fuzzy, but do expect sadistic slapstick, bad language, and the occasional rogue poo.

Sound like something your depraved little mind can get on board? Well, if you said ‘yes’, then you are probably on a similar wave-length to me. I found The Trip to be a real hoot, and if any of the above has even remotely tickled your pickle, then I expect you will come to a similar conclusion. This is a movie for those who love the darker side of life, and who enjoy bonkers movies and blood splatter.

The Trip takes a little while to find its funny bone, but once it gets into its groove, it steadily builds into something enjoyable. There are a few humorous lines to begin with, followed by some sight gags here and there, but once the movie gets into the second half of the picture everything starts getting chucked at the screen.

From lawnmower carnage, to billiard ball bashing, and boating dismemberment, The Trip isn’t afraid to dive headfirst into the darkness. It leans into delicious wickedness at every opportunity, then ups the gross-factor, and this is where it truly thrives.

But this isn’t just some gonzo picture, with no story, no style, and no substance, this is a well-thought-out film which boasts great cinematography, a gorgeous setting, a beautiful colour palette, and a fully developed narrative. It is also a movie with a great cast.

Rapace and Hennie are excellent as the on/off lovers at the centre of the story. Their dislike for each other provides the movie with some of its earliest laughs, while their forced team-up against the convicts is what keeps things interesting as the tale progresses.

The film is essentially about their relationship and the hurdles it faces. Sure, this relationship has to go to some extreme places, but the film explores the idea that maybe this is exactly what the pair need in order to fix their problems. Of course, I won’t say whether or not violence is the answer to their marital disharmony, but I will say this kind of therapy is certainly fun to watch. The Trip is a picture which isn’t afraid to have fun with these characters, and seeing two despicable people find common ground against a greater evil makes for enjoyable stuff.

The Trip is a devilish romp, perfect for those with a twisted sense of humour. It doesn’t pull any punches, leans into the blackest aspects of its premise, and really goes to town.

If you are after something that isn’t afraid to go to extremes, then The Trip is likely for you. Those of a nervous disposition, or who simply hate toilet humour, should probably give it a miss.

The Trip (2021) ending explained – what danger is inside the cabin?

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film The Trip (2021), so it will contain major spoilers.

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The Trip is a Norwegian dark comedy thriller that tells the story of a married couple, Lisa (played by Noomi Rapace) and Lars (played by Aksel Hennie), who seem hell-bent on killing each other. Due to financial hardship, both parties plan on killing the other for life insurance during a trip in a cabin. But when it appears as though they may both kill each other, they learn that three escaped inmates have taken shelter in the cabin.

As a result, the three prisoners, Petter (Atle Antonsen), Dave (Christian Rubeck), and Roy (André Eriksen), take Lisa and Lars hostage. In a scene that possibly goes too far for a comedy, Dave threatens to rape Lars until Lisa states that she will provide the prisoners with money for their release. And after they accept, Petter, Dave, and Roy enjoy the luxury of the cabin whilst Lisa and Lars are left to reflect on their marriage.

Seemingly making amends, Lisa and Lars make a plan for freedom. Upon claiming to need the toilet, Lars knocks out Roy with a sock of billiard balls, which then sets off a chain of events that sees the three prisoners attempt to find Lisa and Lars. Upon Roy refinding them, Lars shoots Roy in the head.

Netflix film The Trip (2021) ending explained

There appears to help at hand when Lars’s father, Mikkel, appears at the cabin, and he shoots Dave in the leg. But lurking from behind is Petter, and he stabs Mikkel before he throws him on top of what appears to be a very sharp lawnmower. With chaos breaking out, Lisa heads towards a boat whilst Dave looks for anything to tend to his leg wound. But he’s out of luck when Lars finds him first. Before Lars ponders on where to shoot Dave, Lars steals his sweater and kills him.

After Mikkel dies in a hammock, Lars chases after Lisa who is now trapped on the boat with Petter. Now instead of Lars vs Lisa, it’s Lars and Lisa vs Petter. They have a battle on their hands. Even the use of a fire extinguisher and a flare gun isn’t enough to kill Petter. However, Lars is eventually able to overpower Petter and pushes him into the boat’s engine, slicing his arms off.

“Sorry, but you no longer add value.” And with that, Lars and Lisa chuck Petter into the river and watch as he drowns. But when the rope tangles around Lar’s foot, Lisa is left with a choice. Save Lars or leave him to die. Ultimately, she saves him. (Quite the turnaround from how she felt at the beginning of the movie).

As The Trip concludes, Lars and Lisa are alive but broke. That is until the media take an interest in their story of survival. One thing leads to another, and they end up making a screenplay on their experience, making them millionaires. Although to save face, they change a few details, such as removing the moment that Lars licked Petter’s shoe.

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The Trip is a 2021 darkly comedic home invasion action thriller film in which a dysfunctional couple heads to a remote cabin to ostensibly reconnect… but both have secret intentions to kill the other. However, before the pair can carry out their nefarious plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they are soon faced with greater danger.

Directed by Tommy Wirkola ( What Happened to Monday ; Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead ; Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ; Dead Snow ) from a screenplay co-written with Nick Ball and John Niven. Produced by Bente Maalen (line producer), Kjetil Omberg and Jørgen Storm Rosenberg.

The Norwegian 74 Entertainment production stars Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck and Andre Eriksen.

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Reviews: “Hennie and Rapace are both clearly having fun with these characters. Most of the big laughs come from them, and their chemistry when connecting is just as potent as it is acidic when they are fighting […] The Trip is a little too long and unevenly paced, but it’s also fun, funny, and gory and totally worth your time.” Awesome Friday

“This could have been a bit shorter, but with all the black comedy, the blood and the mayhem, I really have no reason to complain.” B&S About Movies

“Hennie and Rapace are simply delightful in their roles as the bickering protagonists, with each character delivering a hefty amount of passive-aggressive barbs to each other over the smallest things in order to twist the metaphorical knife where it hurts the most […] The Trip is a wild, zany ride that Wirkola and his cast are 100% committed to.” Bloody Disgusting

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“ The Trip is far from great, and at its best, it’s barely good. But it inspires a few choking laughs, it’s challenging in its unpleasantness, and it’s likely to satisfy any iron stomachs who are up to the task.” Decider

“I’m not normally a fan of gross-out humor, which is too often witless and juvenile. And I’m not attracted to gore, which I find a bore. So why am I recommending Norway’s The Trip , which is loaded with gross-outs and gore? Because when done right it can be funny, and The Trip is a black comedy that made me LOL…” The Grouchy Editor

“Honestly, I was a little (okay, a lot) nervous when I saw the runtime was 1 hour and 53 minutes […] However, rest assured, there is plenty of storylines to fill that runtime. Especially since twists and turns with new characters are followed by flashbacks […] These scenes in particular offer some extremely funny (and often cringeworthy) moments!” Heaven of Horror

“In spite of being entertaining, the film offers nothing new that distinctly captures the notice of the audience. If one leaves aside the discrepancies and recoiling elements, it will be well-received by the viewers of Tommy Wirkola’s movies. But it is undeniable that The Trip , with its abundance of violence and bloodshed, is not a movie that suits everyone.” High on Films

” …it allows you to really get to see how much carnage and genre-blending can be found together in one film. A smooth interwoven storyline gives relevance to each character and adds even more to the experience […] Make sure you are on the lookout for this wildly entertaining black comedy!” Horror Movies Uncut

“ The Trip is one seriously wild ride, as flashbacks derail the central narrative only to swing back around and make sense of what is occurring in the present. It’s a smart trick that the script utilizes several times over […] The over-the-top super gory violence works wonders on the fun element; it is certainly a rare and special feat for a movie to hit its stride in the middle, but that’s exactly what happens here.” Josh at the Movies

“Naturally, with this kind of plot, initial comparisons will be made towards Mr & Mrs Smith . Both have troubled marriages, silly lines of dialogue, and the daft nature of story progression. The Trip , however, has a much darker undertone that surprisingly blends with the slapstick moments that occur throughout.” Ready Steady Cut

“ The Trip is a fun little horror/comedy that outstays its welcome long before the predictable ending. Like riding the same rollercoaster multiple times, the joy and exhilaration soon turns to uncomfortable impatience as you wait for the ride to end. That pretty much sums up The Trip , which comfortably tiptoes across a tightrope of ideas before buckling before the end of its bloated 110-minute run-time.” The Review Geek

” …frequently funny, often hilarious, always clever and smart, and dependent entirely on the superb performances by Rapace and Hennie, who make sure that their characters ring true in their actions and in their delivery of the stinging dialogue. Over it all, of course, is Tommy Wirkola , who conducts with his usual sure hand and an absurd sense of humor…” Screen Anarchy

” …the further along it got the crazier it got, until it was all out, balls to the wall crazy. And I kind of loved it for that. It wasn’t afraid to take it a bit too far. There are definitely some things that some people would find offensive, and this is definitely not a film for people who get squeamish at the sight of blood…” Trailer Trashed

Release: The film was released in Norway on July 30 2021.

The Trip will be available for streaming on Netflix on October 15, 2021.

Technical details: 113 minutes

Original title: I onde dager “In Bad Days”

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MOVIES and MANIA says: Don’t be put off by the lengthy running time as once it gets going The Trip flies by! It’s genuinely amusing if you don’t mind some of the baser humour – politically correct types and sensitive souls take heed.

The OTT action provides a splatterific good time with excellent nuanced and physical performances from the whole cast (especially Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie). It also works equally well in the English dubbed version, if you find subtitles (with tons of expletives) off-putting. The best Netflix film for ages!

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The Trip (Netflix) Film Review: The Darkest of Humor

Posted by Kelly Luchtman | Oct 18, 2021 | Spoiler Free Show Reviews | 0

The Trip is not for everybody. It’s a Norwegian Netflix film about married couple Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Lisa (Noomi Rapace), a who secretly plan on using their woodsy weekend getaway to kill the other person and make it look like an accident. But when they get to the cabin, a bigger threat is waiting, and they’ll have to come together to beat it. The Trip is very funny, if you like dark humor that sometimes borders on inappropriate. It’s also absurdly violent. Like Tarantino violent. Or, I should say, Wirkola violent. Director Tommy Wirkola ( Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters ) is known for his bonkers gore movies. Case in point: Dead Snow about zombie Nazis in the Arctic who attack a group of student skiers. This film has a little more substance, and no zombies, but Wirkola’s polarizing gory style and extreme satire remain. The Trip is pure mindless entertainment, and I found it hilarious, if a bit long. There is a minor spoiler if you read on.

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Lars and Lisa

Lars is a soap opera director who dreams of making movies. Lisa is a struggling actress whose most famous role was in a pharma commercial. They hate each other, and the contempt drips off their tongues all the way to the family cabin. When they arrive, they secretly prepare to murder each other. But their plans are interrupted when they realize three escaped prisoners are hiding in the cabin. Roy (André Eriksen) is a Neo-Nazi body builder who doesn’t know who Anne Frank is, Dave (Christian Rubeck) is smiley and dim, and Petter (Atle Antonsen) is smart and menacing. At first, Lars and Lisa are subdued, but they begin to fight back, and from there the violence escalates into spurting blood and guts. You’ll have to suspend disbelief around how many punches a man can take to the face and still stand and fight. And nobody pulls punches for Lisa. She gets knocked around as much as the men. While every actor in the film commits to their odious or ridiculous characters, these roles are particularly meaty for drama actors Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace, because they get to display their comedic chops.

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Is The Trip childish? Yep. Mean-spirited? For sure. Gratuitously violent? Oh yes. But it’s fun. Think The War of the Roses , but funnier and bloodier. You will definitely find yourself saying, “Oh man!” as you laugh, and “Ewwww!” toward the end. Surprisingly, the cast is full of heavy hitters. In addition to those mentioned above, Nils Ole Oftebro ( Mammon, Acquitted, Black Lake , etc) plays a small but crucial role. My only beef is that the film is too long. The battle between the prisoners and the couple is a bit drawn out, but I guess a movie like this is about the journey, not the destination.

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Lisa and Lars have been going through a rough patch in their marriage. They decide to spend some time together at Lars’s father’s lakeside cabin to patch things up… except that neither intends to do that; they each plan to murder the other for the insurance money! It won’t be as easy as either of them think with each gaining the upper hand at times. Then a treat emerges that endangers both of them; Petter, Dave and Roy, a trio of escaped killers were hiding in the attic and now plan to do unpleasant things to Lisa and Lars. Things are about to get nasty.

If you like your comedy pitch black then this is for you. The plot may not have great depth but serves to first put the leads at each other’s throats before introducing a threat to them both. The earlier scenes in the cabin are laugh out loud funny. This means when the unpleasantness in the basement starts it is quite a shock as it threatens to go into ‘Straw Dogs’ territory. The humour does return; much of it at the same time as we witness wince inducing violence. The various weapons employed are quite original as well as guaranteeing a lot of gory damage. The cast is solid; most obviously Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie as Lisa and Lars respectively. The setting was great; scenic and remote enough to mean we can believe the activities won’t be seen or heard by others. Overall I’d definitely recommend this to fans of gory comedies; it was even better than I’d hoped.

These comments are based on watching the film in Norwegian with English subtitles.

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MOVIE REVIEW: THE TRIP (2021)… Small Spoilers

Okay, this is a bit of a cheat because it’s not really a genre movie. But you and I don’t limit ourselves to genre, do we? Our horizons are a bit broader than any one genre, I believe. With that in mind, I invite you to consider a new movie from Norway (and Netflix) called The Trip . (In Norway, its name is I Onder Dager , which is a clue. That means approximately “…or For Worse.” You should recognize that half a quote.) It fits in with our types of movie for several reasons: one, that it co-stars Noomi Rapace , who’s been in a number of genre and near-genre movies, like the steampunk Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows from director Guy Ritchie ; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version) movie series and Millennium TV Series based on it; and Prometheus and Alien: Covenant from director Ridley Scott . Secondly, it plays out a lot like a Guy Ritchie film with an assist from Quentin Tarantino (though I must confess it’s a bit uneven in the humour department; Ritchie’s humour is a lot more overt). Since you, like me, see movies from several genres, I’m sure you’ve seen not only the Sherlock Holmes movie referenced above, but also Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Snatch , and Rock and Rolla at least from Ritchie’s oeuvre. And as diehard Tarantino fans, you’ve seen From Dusk Till Dawn , Kill Bill vols. 1 & 2, Reservoir Dogs , etc. (No, Quentin didn’t direct Dusk Till Dawn, that was Robert Rodriguez —almost a Tarantino clone—but he was in it as an actor.)

Anyway, The Trip was directed by Tommy Wirtola , who’s definitely a genre guy: he directed What Happened to Monday , and wrote both Dead Snow and Dead Snow 2 —you know, the Nazi zombies. Can’t get a whole lot more genre than Nazi zombies, can you?

It’s a film about a couple whose marriage is breaking down—or broken; the poster gives it away a bit (Figure 1). (Look at the Featured Image—the two have a “rip” between them.) As you can see from Figure 1, he’s got a hammer and she’s got a bloody knife. It appears this movie’s going to be even more violent than The War of the Roses ; you remember it— Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner ; that was a fun one, directed by Danny DeVito , who co-starred with the “warring” couple. This couple is Lisa (Rapace) and Lars (Aksel Hennie), who are both involved in media—she’s an actress who’s appeared in a few memorable commercials; he is a director who’s doing a soap opera… about a couple undergoing marital problems (Figure 2). (Foreshadowing, anyone?) Between scenes, Lars tells his actress friend that Lisa and he have had some problems, but they’ve been working it out. In fact, she’s planning a long solo hike in the woods, though Lars has told her it’s dangerous! On the way to visit his dad in the retirement centre, Lars is on the phone to someone and tells him to be there at noon as arranged, with the equipment. No, they won’t be taking the boat out, so be there as planned. In the retirement home, talking to his dad (who built the cabin), Lars again tells him—interrupting him the same way he interrupted the actress—that Lisa is planning a solo hike in the woods, which is dangerous! Lars even interrupts a news bulletin about 3 escaped and dangerous prisoners (Figure 3).

Lisa, meanwhile, is talking to a friend at her and Lars’s house over coffee, telling her that Lars has talked her into learning how to shoot a shotgun—even though, as her friend knows, she hates guns! They’ll be going hunting together. Lars stops at a hardware store on the way home and buys a hammer, a hacksaw, two rolls of duct tape, and two coils of rope. When he gets home, he quickly hides the bag in the trunk of the car under the spare tire. As he closes the trunk, Lisa’s friend leaves, wishing him “Happy hunting!” He looks at her, puzzled. Lisa comes out and they leave for the cabin in the woods (by the fjord). (I was surprised to see—since I’ve never seen a fjord in real life—that there aren’t real beaches along most of the fjord. It’s an abrupt edge at or above the water.)

On the way, they argue a bit—money seems to be an issue—and eventually decide to have a nice trip together. The alarm on the cabin doesn’t work, but they go in anyway. As she enters, she calls out (in English), “Honey, I’m home!” and “Home, Sweet Home” to Lars (also in English.) As they unpack and explore the cabin, the radio produces a Norse version of Jeannie C. Riley ’s “Harper Valley PTA” song. (It’s Inger Lise Rypdal , singing “Fru Johnson” [Mrs. Johnson], whose final lyrics translate to “I heard my mother kill “The Authority for High Morality.” Isn’t that cute?) Lars looks at his (or his dad’s) collection of shotguns in the basement; Lisa puts the food away and takes a long look at the knife rack, while Lars mows the lawn. Domesticity with a twist. While preparing dinner they argue about the cooking. “What kind of steak is this?” (They’re big steaks, too.) ”New York Strip. Don’t cut those mushrooms that thick,” and they argue over turning the burner down and putting the steaks on. Over dinner, outdoors, they’re more or less polite to each other, except that when he tells her “I had to tell Arvid at the store how to cut the steak, with a drawing,” she says “It’s fascinating how much time you [waste] on…” and he interrupts with “Having a good meal?” So their cordiality is very forced. Later, over a game of Scrabble, Lisa wants to use the word “Gurka,” which means cucumber, and get 54 points (“54 points, bitch,” she says, because the “a” hits a triple-word-point square), but Lars says “No! That’s a Swedish word and this is a Norwegian game. The word is ‘agurk’ in Norwegian, so no triple word score.” (Figure 5) They argue, but he eventually wins out and she goes to bed. “We’ll play more tomorrow,” she says.

The next day, Lars is wandering around the yard gathering big chunks of rock, while Lisa lies in the hammock reading the script for her audition on Tuesday. He puts the bag of rocks in the boat, then goes to the car for his bag of tools, finding the bag on top of the spare tire, instead of under. He puts the tools in the basement, then heads up to the kitchen carrying the hammer. He stops to get a drink of gin, schnapps or vodka (it’s clear, that’s all I can tell) to fortify his nerve. While he’s doing that, Lisa calls him from the other room: “Lars, can you come here and help me?” It appears things are developing along the “war of the roses” front. And this is where I must leave you; if I go any farther with this, I’ll be giving away big plot points. I think this film, while having more subtle humour than a Ritchie film, might even improve on a second or third viewing, though there are some extremely dark (Tarantino-esque) scenes. Although it has only about a 3.7 out of 5 audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I liked it and thought I’d call it to your attention. Let me know what you think. Comments? You can comment here or on Facebook, or even by email (stevefah at hotmail dot com). All comments are welcome! (Just be polite, please.) My opinion is, as always, my own, and doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of Amazing Stories or its owner, editor, publisher or other columnists. See you next time!

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Clever road-trip comedy has swearing, drugs, sex references.

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Innuendo and some language, including "c--t" "f--k

Characters regularly drink alcohol -- usually wine

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Passive aggressiveness, bickering, and self-centeredness are on display throughout. Any positive messages can only be read between the lines, as the movie serves as a cautionary tale of how ego and careerism can corrupt a person's life.

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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play fictionalized versions of themselves. Coogan sleeps around and takes drugs. His infidelity is discussed. Brydon is personable and friendly. Both characters hold their children in high regard, and Brydon is shown to be a loving family man.

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Trip is a hilarious feature-length movie made from a British six-part comedy-drama TV series about two friends who travel around northern England reviewing restaurants. Directed by Michael Winterbottom , it has the two lead characters, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon , improvising passive-aggressive fictional versions of themselves. The two are continually locked in a battle of one-upmanship as they try to outdo each other with impersonations and argue about their careers and behavior. Coogan's character is an insecure, jealous womanizer, who smokes a joint during the movie and has sex with multiple women -- although this is suggested rather than seen. A female companion of Coogan's takes cocaine, and it's assumed he does, too. Brydon is more likable, portrayed as a family man, albeit with a big, but fragile, ego. Much of the jokes and impersonations feature strong language, including "c--t" and variants of "f--k." There is a "joke" about Coogan having been an alter boy and whether he was abused or not. The restaurant scenes also involve drinking alcohol, and there is some cigarette smoking. The Trip is the first in a series of movies. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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In THE TRIP, a fictionalized version of the actor Steve Coogan is sent by a newspaper on a week-long tour of high-end restaurants in the north of England. When his girlfriend drops out, he asks his friend, Rob Brydon , to go with him. But as the pair spend more time together, their egos clash.

Is It Any Good?

This comedy-drama is a deceptively deep and downbeat character study. Originally aired in the U.K. as a six-part TV series, The Trip is best known for the YouTube clips of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon battling over dinner to see who can do the best celebrity impersonations. But there's far more to this feature-length movie than who does the best Michael Caine . Coogan and Brydon have both done excellent work with director Michael Winterbottom before ( 24 Hour Party People , A Cock and Bull Story ) and here, between the bombast of the impersonations, the director draws out of them superb performances portraying actors desperately driven by ego.

Based on real-life tabloid reports of his life, Coogan's character comes out worst: a self-centered, jealous womanizer for whom nothing appears to be enough. The movie's masterstroke is how this character is relatively loathsome but still carries pathos. Set against the beautifully shot but bleak landscape of northern England, it has an undercurrent of melancholia that makes the end of the week-long trip feel almost a relief. But the journey is entirely worth it to see such subtle but pitch-perfect performances that linger long after the movie ends.

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Movie Details

In theaters : June 10, 2011
On DVD or streaming : October 11, 2011
Cast : Steve Coogan , Rob Brydon , Rebecca Johnson
Director : Michael Winterbottom
Studio : IFC Films
Genre : Comedy
Topics : Cooking and Baking , Friendship , Holidays
Run time : 112 minutes
MPAA rating : NR
Last updated : March 30, 2023

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So I've just watched this film on Netflix, I think its only been on there a short while. Definitely keep the original Norwegian dialogue to avoid the typically awkward dubbed version. I personally thought it was brilliant, funny, gory and has awesome soundtrack.

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The move nails the horror but fails at the comedy..

Netflix: In this Norwegian thriller, a couple head off for a holiday in their cabin. But their plans are more homicidal than amorous.

Release date October 15, 2021

Run Time: 103 minutes

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Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Lisa (Noomi Rapace) have a struggling marriage, as well as problems in their professional lives. In an effort to get away and reconnect, they decide to spend a few days in their remote cabin. Unbeknownst to their spouse, both Lisa and Lars have a plan to kill the other. But when their plans start to go awry, the pair realize they have an even bigger danger to face.

Horror and comedy are two genres that have potential to mix well, and there are many times when they have. The Trip tries to be a dark comedy while also attempting to be an ultra-violent home invasion story, and unfortunately, I don’t think the tone quite lands. The first half or so of the runtime is expertly done. The writing is clever and well thought out, and the comedy, though dark, lands. The characters are well established and multi-layered, and the plot has enough twists to keep the audience guessing. If the film had continued in this vein, this would have been an outstanding production. Disappointingly, the story falls apart just past the halfway mark and devolves into a barely strung together series of violent vignettes. The characters and humor are forgotten in favor of excessive blood and gore.

I think it should be obvious by now, but this is not a film for people with weak stomachs, or who are sensitive to swearing. I believe this production beats my past personal record for most F-bombs in one sitting, coming in at approximately 90. I won’t belabor the point about the level of violence, but it is graphic and gory. For those reasons, on top of the jarring tone and uneven writing, I don’t recommend The Trip for general audiences, or even for horror aficionados.

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Violence: Explicit violence and gore throughout, including people being shot, knocked out, having bones broken, stabbed, sliced, hit by a car, knocked unconscious, punched, kicked, and bit. Guns and knives are used throughout, as well as more creative weapons such as shovels, billiard balls, lawnmower blades, a boat engine, and fishing hooks. Sexual Content: A woman admits to cheating on her husband. A couple discuss their sex life. Sexual innuendos. In an extended scene, a man attempts to rape another man, the visuals are accompanied by discussion of what is about to happen. The assailant is stopped before the act can happen, and there is no nudity. A woman is threatened with rape. A man asks a woman to show him her breasts. Profanity: In the English subtitles, around 90 uses of extreme expletives, 50 mild and moderate expletives, and 15 uses of terms of deity. Alcohol / Drug Use: Adults characters are seen drinking in multiple scenes. A man smokes a cigarette.

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The Passenger is a road trip crime film that delves deeper than just a surface-level story of violence and escapism.
The main characters, Benson and Randy, both carry their own traumas and pasts that control their actions.
This film blends elements of suspense, horror, and character study, offering a unique and thought-provoking journey.

Over the years, Kyle Gallner has quietly turned himself into one of Hollywood's leading scream kings . You may have first met him in the 2009 double horror wallop of The Haunting in Connecticut and Jennifer's Body . He was one of the stars of the much-maligned A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot in 2010, which is so much better than the hate it gets , and lived to sleep another day. In the past few years, he battled Ghostface ( it didn't go so well ) in 2022's Scream and was one of the heroes in Smile .

In 2023, with The Passenger , Gallner didn't battle a man with knives for fingers, a killer in a mask, or some incomprehensible force. Instead, his character, Benson, battles himself following a mass murder spree. After kidnapping a witness along with a timid young man named Randy, played by an equally impressive Johnny Berchtold ( Dog Gone ), the unlikely pair flee the scene of the crime in a road trip film that never leaves the town they're in . It's not the cops they're ultimately running away from, but themselves. By going nowhere, Benson and Randy go everywhere.

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A man is forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past. He must find a way to survive when his co-worker snaps and goes on a violent killing spree.

'The Passenger' Deceives You By Presenting Itself as a Traditional Road Trip Crime Film

If you watch the trailer for The Passenger , you might think you have it all figured out. It focuses mostly on Benson (Kyle Gallner's) with his chilling voice heard throughout and is immersed in violent shots. Without giving more away than what the trailer shows, Benson commits mass murder at a fast food restaurant where he works with Randy ( Johnny Berchtold ). After letting Randy live, we see several other scenes with Benson pointing a gun, and then punching a man repeatedly in a parking lot. Benson and Randy are then in a car driving along barren fields as cop cars fly by blaring their sirens. When Randy asks Benson why he's doing this, his kidnapper tells Randy that he finds him pathetic and it bugs him. He also finds his victim fixable , telling him, "When you were standing there, watching me, waiting for me to kill you, that was the only thing I believed." Benson wants to help Randy for his own good, but he needs him to stay out of his way.

At first glance, The Passenger looks like something we've seen before. Road trip crime movies are almost their own subgenre. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway perfected it in 1967 with Bonnie and Clyde . Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon gave us a more fun, but equally tragic version of this type of story in 1991's Thelma & Louise . Oliver Stone 's Natural Born Killers in 1994 had Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis on the run in a film as bleak as it gets. Just a year before, Lewis was in a similar film with Brad Pitt called Kalifornia .

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He's been the hero, the villain, and everything in between.

On the surface, The Passenger seems to match its peers : a guy commits a crime, the criminal takes a victim hostage, the criminal flees and commits more crimes. The victim prevails; the end. Sure, some of that is accurate, but The Passenger is so much more than its predecessors. For example, it breaks the mold in a moment of peril when Benson takes Randy hostage and flees. As he's talking about how far away he can get before the cops find the crime scene, the truth is that he never actually leaves the city at all.

Randy Isn't Just a Helpless Passenger to a Madman

One of the trailer taglines for the movie is "Confront your past to survive the present." Read into that, and you'll see that The Passenger goes deeper than a surface-level movie about a violent road trip . Even further to the point, the tagline on the poster is "Ride. Or die." So what does that mean to the audience and the deeper context of the movie?

Berchtold's Randolph "Randy" Bradley is presented as our probable hero , but he's not even the hero of his own life before Benson screws it all up. He is a timid young man, quiet and soft-spoken. He's lived in the same town his entire life, and despite being really smart, has done nothing with his existence . He works in fast food, and while that's fine, we can see that he's capable of so much more. His manager sees it too. He wants Randy to think about being a manager at another location, and although that seems doable enough, for someone like Randy, we can tell that this is nearly impossible for him to comprehend.

Randy is meek because of his past. He did something bad as a child, and unable to move past the guilt that plays the event in his head relentlessly, he lets that trauma consume him . It's not hard to see that The Passenger has a double meaning . When Randy is bullied at work, causing another quiet co-worker, Benson, to snap and shoot everyone dead, he becomes an actual passenger to his hostage taker. However, the deeper context of Randy's character is that he was already a passenger to his mind. If he doesn't learn from the past, take hold of the wheel of his life, and stop being a passenger, he will die.

Benson Isn't Your Typical Killer in Control in 'The Passenger'

That's already clever enough, and though Randy is timid and not a take-charge type, we root for him, especially as we learn what happened in his past. Beneath that pain is a good person struggling to be set free. The Passenger could have just settled for that and made Benson a cookie-cutter bad guy who forces Randy to take charge of his life and save himself , but there is so much more going on than that. Benson has his pain too. He's not a simple stereotype, but another person controlled by his trauma. He's also a passenger but in a different way. Whereas Randy goes inward, Benson lashes out.

The road trip Benson and Randy take isn't what you're used to. It's not about a flight from a scene, being chased down by the police. It's about a flight from the past as it screams toward you, nipping at your heels. That doesn't mean The Passenge r is only a character study where the road trip is in one's mind. There is much violence to be found. Blood is shed. People die. The cinematography is so grim and Benson is so scary in his actions that The Passenger borders on being a horror film .

The Passenger is everything you've come to expect from the genre but blended and served up in a way you've never tasted. The flight from the past can be more chaotic and suspenseful than any of the typical police chases or two characters driving off a cliff. Viewers can certainly go into it with expectations but be prepared to be a passenger for a ride that makes you think as much as it makes you clench your seat.

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Bloody good fun, and damned bloody and damned funny in the bargain. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2021. John Serba Decider. It inspires a few choking laughs, it's challenging in its ...
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The Trip: Directed by Tommy Wirkola. With Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck. A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.
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10/10. Merciless black comedy. Leofwine_draca 8 November 2021. Warning: Spoilers. THE TRIP is the latest film from the director of the DEAD SNOW films and it's far superior to those movies; Wirkola feels like he's really grown and progressed as a director and as such there's a lot more depth and 'meat' here.
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0. 2. Summary. With The Trip featuring a marriage in crisis, the acting is on top form with moments that work well for its dark comedy approach. As a whole, though, there's little to remember in this Norweigian film. The review of the Netflix film The Trip (2021) does not contain any spoilers. The initial premise of Netflix's Norwegian dark ...
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The Trip (Norwegian: I onde dager lit. ' In evil days ' or ' In bad days ') is a 2021 Norwegian action horror comedy film starring Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace.Hennie and Rapace portray Lars and Lisa, a couple who are fed up with each other and plan on murdering each other during their trip to their cabin. However, their plans go awry when three fugitives take them captive.
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The Trip - Metacritic. 2021. TV-MA. Netflix. 1 h 53 m. Summary Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Lisa (Noomi Rapace) have lost much of the love that brought them together in the first place. Now, they're struggling to maintain their marriage, and their ambitions. Lars' career as a director has stalled out in soap operas, and Lisa hasn't landed a part in ...
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REVIEW: "The Trip" (2021) November 16, 2021 by Keith Garlington. 7. One of my favorite things about each movie year is coming across something completely new and unexpected. Movies that I had never heard of and that were never on my radar, yet caught me completely by surprise. Netflix has done that very thing with their new foreign language ...
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The Trip is a twisty, hilarious, and entertaining movie about a couple's hijacked plan to kill each other. Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie as warring wife and husband sold their characters well, bringing us the strains of a crumbling marriage with comical, macabre ease. These actors are supported by villains who seemed to be having a blast ...
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The Trip (2021) Netflix Movie Review - Starts with a bang; ends with a whimper. 18 October 2021 by Greg Wheeler. Starts with a bang; ends with a whimper. The Trip is a fun little horror/comedy that outstays its welcome long before the predictable ending. Like riding the same rollercoaster multiple times, the joy and exhilaration soon turns to ...
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Directed by Tommy Wirkola, The Trip stars Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie. The movie is available to stream on Netflix from today, and is a dark farce, ideal for those who like danger with their humour. This is a movie about murder after all, so expect a significant amount of blood and a lot of violence. At times, this film moves into some very ...
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This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film The Trip (2021), so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review. The Trip is a Norwegian dark comedy thriller that tells the story of a married couple, Lisa (played by Noomi Rapace) and Lars (played by Aksel Hennie), who seem hell-bent on killing each other. Due to financial hardship, both parties plan on killing the other for life ...
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The Trip is a 2021 darkly comedic home invasion action thriller film in which a dysfunctional couple heads to a remote cabin to ostensibly reconnect… but both have secret intentions to kill the other. However, before the pair can carry out their nefarious plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they are soon faced with greater danger. Directed by Tommy Wirkola (What Happened to Monday; Dead ...
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The Trip(2021) Movie Review Lisa and Lars have been going through a rough patch in their marriage. They decide to spend some time together at Lars's father's lakeside cabin to patch things up… except that neither intends to do that; they each plan to murder the other for the insurance money!
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As you can see from Figure 1, he's got a hammer and she's got a bloody knife. It appears this movie's going to be even more violent than The War of the Roses; you remember it— Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner; that was a fun one, directed by Danny DeVito, who co-starred with the "warring" couple.
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Parents say: Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. This comedy-drama is a deceptively deep and downbeat character study. Originally aired in the U.K. as a six-part TV series, The Trip is best known for the YouTube clips of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon battling over dinner to see who can do the best celebrity impersonations.
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The Trip (2021) Discussion. Discussion. So I've just watched this film on Netflix, I think its only been on there a short while. Definitely keep the original Norwegian dialogue to avoid the typically awkward dubbed version. I personally thought it was brilliant, funny, gory and has awesome soundtrack. I'd love to know what others thought!
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The Trip Rating & Content Info . Why is The Trip rated TV-MA? The Trip is rated TV-MA by the MPAA . Violence: Explicit violence and gore throughout, including people being shot, knocked out, having bones broken, stabbed, sliced, hit by a car, knocked unconscious, punched, kicked, and bit. Guns and knives are used throughout, as well as more creative weapons such as shovels, billiard balls ...
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The Trip cast includes Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie and Nils Ole Oftebro.This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Tommy Wirkola's 2021 Netflix movie.Visit the Know the Cast section for more streaming guides.. In The Trip (I onde dager), a married couple contemplates murder during a weekend retreat.TV director Lars plans to kills his actress wife Lisa with a hammer ...
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