Brødre (2004)

English title: Brothers.

Synopsis: Two brothers, one a married man, quite responsible and respected, the other a misfit who just got out of prison where he did time for armed robbery. The former goes away to Afghanistan as a soldier...

Appraisal (SPOILERS): It stretches credibility too often, both in its characters' flat psychology, and in more down-to-earth details like the prisoner camp's clichéd (and as far as I know unsupported by factual evidence) savageries (the writer-director must have seen Bullet in the Head). The dramatic resolution of the proposed conflicts is not satisfying at all; younger brother simply vanishes without a trace and all is declared well. A dud.

Rating: 35