
Roger is a human resources manager in a large company and has a wonderful home and a beautiful wife, Dian who owns an art gallery. But he lives in greater luxury than he should. In order to continue this, he has a second job; art theft. Diana introduces him to Clas, a former executive for GPS tech company, who wants to work for Pathfinder, whom Roger is recruiting for. In addition to being the perfect candidate for the job at Roger's company, he is the owner of a very valuabl... (Full plot summary below)
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Roger is a human resources manager in a large company and has a wonderful home and a beautiful wife, Dian who owns an art gallery. But he lives in greater luxury than he should. In order to continue this, he has a second job; art theft. Diana introduces him to Clas, a former executive for GPS tech company, who wants to work for Pathfinder, whom Roger is recruiting for. In addition to being the perfect candidate for the job at Roger's company, he is the owner of a very valuable painting. Roger seeks the opportunity and immediately begins to plan his greatest hit. But what Clas encounters in his home will put him in a very difficult way to return.
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| Sin MagazineAustin KennedyHEADHUNTERS is an exhilarating thriller with great visual flare, top notch acting, and a story that will have you so involved that you'll possibly have no fingernails by the end of it! |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchNothing is exactly illogical and each surprise is cleverly prepared for in this cool, brutal, intelligent movie. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferSuspenseful, wickedly funny and clever, Headhunters offers more bang for your buck than most modern crime thrillers. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonald"Headhunters" isn't a pretty film, and it doesn't always entirely make sense, but it races along like a man chased by killers. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as Headhunters did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley...a first-class thriller with tension-enhancing music and Hitchcockian-quality cinematography highlighted by a sparkling performance by Aksel Hennie. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...extreme noir with two potential femme fatales, Tweedledee and Tweedledum cops, corporate intrigue, over the top escape plans involving out houses and tractors and an art theft expert always on the periphery. |
| Eye for FilmAnton Bitelin this cat-and-mouse thriller, while red herrings might be expected, it is the black comedy that is the real surprise, rescuing Headhunters from both Norwegian dourness and Tinseltown blandness. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranHeadhunters is a dark adult entertainment, a wild and bloody adrenaline rush of a movie that deals in gleeful grotesqueness and over-the-top implausibilities. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternA transgenre thriller that glides effortlessly from crisp social commentary through off-kilter comedy to paranoid terror, it's on my short list of the most enjoyable movies in recent memory. |