The NOKAS robbery was a huge thing here in Norway. It was historical, stuff like this very rarely happens in our rather big, but people-empty little strip of land. It was a real talker, on the news and in the newspapers for a long time.Anyhow, after the world controversy had died down and most of the crooks were in prison, the movie about it all came out.Now, this is not a bad movie. Considering it's Norwegian it is rather good. But it never crosses the line into real good territory. Most of the actors aren't big names, or really famous at all, and that works pretty good in something like this, as you don't want to be too attached to the actors. They do a decent job, too.It has some intense action, some cool shots, and it being true of course leave a little bit of an impact. But I do think it could have been a little more edgy, for it to come across as more dramatical. I don't know. It's alright.

Stupid robbers, Stupider police or vice versa Stupid police, Stupider robbers.Bullsiht movie. take my advice and don't watch it. You''ll thank me later.There is nothing in this movie that is done good. the police keep on saying it's like hell in here during the shooting outside the bank but i don't think they even know the meaning of hell.Compare it to the shooting scene in Heat (1995) and all you can do is laugh at this movie.Totally ruined my hopes, if there were any, in Norwegian cinema.

I just finished seeing this one I found it very worthy to have a look at it.The story is told in a different way Hollywood uses to do and a different view of a action movie is kind of rare. OK, the camera is kind of shaky almost all the time but I've said it before: when there is a reason for it for me it's OK. Here the tension is printed by this moving camera and also by the fast editing - without this two elements is kind of difficult to make the film moving or interesting.The camera closure to the actors shows an intimacy to the characters, we see their expressions constantly and without this it would be difficult because there is no so many dialogues or "shot/reverse-shot" kind of scenes, the action took all the time needed.The point of views are interesting but sometimes confusing even with the subtitles indicating the time, not a big problem to me.Nokas has a nice and interesting kind of storytelling that is unusually welcome - at least for me.

On an early chilly morning in the quiet town of Stavanger, the Norwegian bank was caught off guard when a group of robbers siege the bank and subsequently the entire downtown area. It was a nerve-wracking couple of hours and in recreating this experience the filmmakers have done their best to stay true to the actual events. None of the actors are professional, the camera is jerky, and sometimes out of focus, and the time-line is broken up to introduce the different characters and to see the events through their eyes. The result of this is an exciting and fascinating film. We get to see how the robbers worked, without going into much detail and we get a great depiction of how the police and bystanders reacted. And it works so well because they stayed to true to the story and have structured the film so well that you are caught up in the film when it happens and it leaves a lasting impression after you have seen it. Especially a long shot near the end stays with out long after the film is over.