“The Guilty” – As we all are [MOVIE REVIEW]
Jakob Cedergren in THE GUILTY, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Detective Asger Holm’s annoyance can be read in his smirk. Assigned to desk duty in the emergency services division for some unknown transgression, he is reduced to fielding calls and redirecting them to dispatch. Clearly this is beneath his dignity and he lets the first couple of callers know it, hanging up on the first, and taking his sweet time in having aid dispatched to the second. His interaction with his co-workers is minimal; he doesn’t respect them, and they prefer to keep their distance. The chip on his shoulder is a two by four. Then comes the call that changes everything. Iban, on the line, is very much in distress. Pretending that she is speaking with her daughter, she is able to communicate that she has been abducted and is terrified of dying. Asger is flying blind and about to hit a dead end. Although her personal information comes up on his screen, she can only hint at the direction they are taking but not at what kind of car she’s in or where they are going. Asger is able to deduce that she has been kidnapped by someone she knows. Relaying this minimal information to…
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