Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

2002
6.7| 1h35m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 30 November 2002 Released
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The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...

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Lasse Spang Olsen

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Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.
Listonixio Fresh and Exciting
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
random_avenger The 1999 Danish black comedy In China They Eat Dogs brought an enjoyable gust of fresh air to the often overly serious Nordic cinema. The prequel Old Men in New Cars casts light on the characters' earlier life: Harald (Kim Bodnia) has just been released from prison and owes a large sum of money to a gangster named Ratko (Slavko Labovic) but doesn't let the debt bother him very much. After his dying father figure Munken (Jens Okking) asks Harald to locate his estranged son Ludvig (Torkel Petersson), Harald and his cook friends Martin and Peter (Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Tomas Villum Jensen) and their new inept assistant Vuk (Brian Patterson) come up with a plan to get Ludvig, a multiple murderer with a sensitive side, out of a Swedish prison. While robbing a bank, they also they also become attached to a suicidal woman Mille (Iben Hjejle) who tags along and evokes new kinds of feelings in Ludvig. Next it is time for an elaborate airplane hijacking...The main difference to the first movie is the absence of the mild-mannered Arvid, arguably the protagonist of In China They Eat Dogs. Instead, the prequel focuses on Harald and his ever-calm attitude to whatever obstacles life drops in front of him. The semi-reluctant Martin and Peter are the same as before, providing a lot of comedy with their awkward insecurity when things get rough and bodies start piling up, not to mention the always hapless Vuk who keeps getting seriously injured as a running gag in both movies. The main charm of the humour still lies in the deadpan delivery of the gang's outrageously implausible schemes, be it a prison break by bungee cord or an airplane robbery with an ambulance.The action scenes, while not as numerous as in Hollywood blockbusters, are well designed and both entertaining and exciting. Especially the car chase after the bank robbery deserves a special mention, rarely do we get to see such wreckage in any normal Nordic thriller. The actors also do a good job; especially Kaas and Jensen are great as the manipulatable henchmen of the menacing Kim Bodnia, but Iben Hjejle is a joy to watch as well. Even though the absence of Arvid seems disappointing at first, it soon becomes obvious that Torkel Petersson's Ludvig is more than enough to replace him – Ludvig's homicidal tendencies mix with his caring side rather hilariously.The familiar absurd undercurrent is still strong and the humour and action are in good balance, so those who enjoyed In China They Eat Dogs have no reason to miss out Old Men in New Cars. In the first movie there was a serious theme under the surface, namely a mild-mannered man's desire to be true to himself, and while the prequel feels a bit more straightforward, it also presents a dramatic story about familial love. In any case, both films belong among the best Danish films I have seen in a good while.
Christian H-N The name "Old men in new cars" clearly makes you think of the expression "Old wine in new bottles". In this case it is not in any negative sense - the film shows a lot of inspiration from other movies.Some inspiration comes from Danish folk humor, like "Olsen Banden", some come from the precursor "I Kina spiser de hunde", some come from "Pusher" and so on.Other inspiration comes from American action comedies - if you say Blues Brothers, you say car destruction and especially police car destruction in a very large scale.So that's how I see the old wine in new bottles - these good old themes still work fine. By the way, that's how most sequels work ...There are many other quotes in the action scenes. I won't reveal them all here, but there is some hot action in the Copenhagen Airport as well as in the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen (Olsen Banden quote here).The characters in the movie are very one-dimensional with the potential to be one-and-a-half dimensional later on in the movie. This is also typical for action comedies, and as such the stage is set for absurd situations with creative solutions to it.Do see the movie as pure slap-stick bizarre humor, no one should search for more here!
Agent15 (Spoilers from "I kina spiser de hunde") "Gamle mænd i nye biler" is the long-awaited sequel to "I kina spiser de hunde". It has its moments, and the dialogue is quite funny on more than one occasion, yet it fails where "I kina spiser de hunde" succeeds. Firstly, it lacks a potent storyline. In the first movie, Arvids both naive but at times admirable behaviour renders one with a tale, that conclusively, was a mixture of both morality and humour. This isn't really a topic much discussed in "Gamle mænd i nye biler". Rather, the characters seemingly don't have any relations to the outside world, other than their own cliques.We have a woman-hating swede, who'll slay any dame in the vacinity of his presence, in case the opportunity presents itself. Then we have Iben Hjejle, who plays a woman who'se become mentally unstable after her boyfriend leaves her (Dan, whom we are briefly introduced to by chance later in the movie). These two characters seem to engage in some sort of twisted relationship, leaving the audience unsure whether the next scene will present the two in either loving or murderous surroundings. Of course, we also have Kim Bodnia, who plays the ever-unpleasent ruffian Harald. I had no sympathy for this character in neither movie, but thought that it was a tailormade role for Kim Bodnia. The comic relief is undoubtfully the hilarious pairing of Tomas Villum and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, who play two chefs who are always caught in the middle of things, while all they really want to do is cook; "vi er jo bare kokke, for fanden"... These guys where equally funny in both movies, as they seemed so malplaced in the given environment and situations. Finally, as they sequel does take place in the past, we are once again presented with Vuk (dies in "I kina spiser de hunde"), an immigrant whose sole wish is to fit in. He's still the victim of Harald's constant torments, be they verbal or physical, and he remains as naive and ignorant as in the first movie. The only reason that he works for Harald, is because of his cousin, who's leading role in a gang of Croation criminals, is a neverending threat to Harald.I won't introduce you to the actual story of the movie, but I will say that it does work overall. As mentioned, it does have lacks, as it isn't as original as its prequel, and is hopelessly unrealistic from time to time, but this is obviously one of the plusses in the movie. It glorifies whom it wants, kills who it wants, and works the way it wants. With these two movies, Lasse Spang Olsen has made an almost "cult-like" work of film, an for that he should be given many thanks. That, on the other hand, could be discussed when reviewing his other movies, but I'll save that thought for some other day...Rating: *** of *****
basemnt-dwellr Yesterday I had the chance to see "Old Men In New Cars" at the Filmfest Hamburg. What a great movie. I hope this film will come into cinemas soon. This is supposed to be a prequel to "In China They Eat Dogs" but it stands very well on its own. The characters we already know from "In China They Eat Dogs" are the same as is the weird, black humor. It lacks the two supernatural beings from the first film, but you don't really miss them. On the other hand, there is more action and more violence in it than in "In China They Eat Dogs". And it is really funny. When I think about some of the scenes, I still have to laugh.---Possible spoilers ahead---The film is about Harald, who, just released from jail, wants to fulfill the last wish of his dying foster father: He wants to see his son. Of course nobody knew he actually had a son. The son, Ludvig, sits in a Swedish jail. So our heroes Harald and his two cooks, and Vuk of course, get him out of jail only to learn, that he is a serial killer that starts his "obsession" as soon as he gets the chance. And then, of course, there are our Croatian friends, this time all dressed in black T-shirts with a double-headed eagle on the front and huge (and I mean HUGE) golden necklaces, whom Harald owes money. Harald also needs money to get his foster father a liver transplant in Southern America to save his life. After a bank robbery which fails, the Croatians suggest he rob an airplane while it is about to take two containers with money on board. Now just imagine a deadly sick old man, who is drugged with opium and the last time he flew a plane was about 40 years ago, on the control stick, and the police trying to stop the plane... anybody who is afraid to fly should close his eyes during that scene or you'll never get in a plane again. Absolutely hilarious. And the tricks they used in that sequence are really good. As are the car stunts.There are several dead bodies, lots of car crashes, the Swedish get their share, the plans our heroes try to carry out are totally impracticable, but they do it anyway and somehow they succeed with them (well, almost), and in the end, everybody is happy. Well, most of them.I hope this film gets released Europe wide soon, because I have to watch it again. Great entertainment, though not for the whole family.