Den siste revejakta (2008)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Carl	Kristoffer Joner
Robert	Nicolai Cleve Broch
Mogens	Thomas Bo Larsen
Betty	Emily K. Beck
Glenn	Kåre Conradi
Siv	Marte Christensen
Arild	Gard B. Eidsvold	½
Frank	Øyvind Gran	½
Trønder Ole	Paul-Otter Haga
Zac	Rune Melby
Torill	Linn Skåber
Svarten	Robert Skjærstad
Stalin Knudsen	Bjørn Sundquist

Review

Like many films depicting drug (ab)use, Den siste revejakta is a rollercoaster ride of feelgoods and feelbads, even if this is a more easygoing and thematically less ambitious film than the best in the subgenre. What's best about Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen's film is how well it captures the time and lifestyle in question: the clash between the declining pot-smoking hippie-culture and the new superficial yuppies. Oslo is vividly recaptured anno the late 1970s, and Carl and Robert - while archetypical - are well realized by script and actors alike. Particularly Joner manages to make his character come alive authentically.

Rolfsen (Izzat, Bitre blomster) yet again shows that he's got talent; his direction has progression and narrative drive, and his film looks good in an offhand kind of way. Still, it is also this somewhat undiscerning nonchalance which keeps the film from finding its way to our spines as our protagonists arguably feel more than us during these intoxicated ninety minutes. That does not remove the fun and entertainment from the equation, and Den siste revejakta has got lots of this.