Michael, a Danish Army officer leading rookies into Afghanistan, makes his nervous troops a promise: "You won't encounter anything you haven't been trained for." He's wrong. Michael himself will confront a near-unthinkable choice, and the decision he makes will jeopardize his happy life back home. Read the full review
The lives of two very different brothers become simultaneously intertwined and thrust apart. Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is released from prison and embraced by his brother Michael (Ulrich Thomsen), an upright soldier and family man being deployed to Afghanistan.
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen
Run time: 110 minutes
Release date: May 6, 2005
Rating: R for violence, language and brief nudity.
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Austin American-Statesman: 4 of 5 stars
"A welcome sense of dry humor floats through the script, particularly in the character of Jannik, making it easy for us to accept the way he is quickly integrated into the damaged family."
The Palm Beach Post: B+
"...one of the most satisfying films ever to emerge from the rigid school of Denmark's Dogme 95 movement."
