In China They Eat Dogs

It provides both humour, action and a lot of food for thought. One should question why we consider something good, bad, moral or immoral..

As a Danish-speaking American, I'm always looking for good films that provide opportunities to hear Danes speaking Danish. This is not the type of film I usually enjoy (films like Italiensk for begyndere, and just about anything of Bille August, are more to my taste)... but something about the reviews made it seem worth trying - and I'm glad I got it, because it's FUNNY! As another reviewer mentioned, it's very Scandinavian humor - and there is a LOT of violence in the film. The scenes with the English-speaking "American", especially the one at the end of the movie, were the only disappointments - the movie did a fine job with its message of "no matter what you do in life, it's ok as long as you meant well" without those distracting elements. Well-acted, well-filmed and highly entertaining!

PLEASE DON'T GIVE AWAY SOME OF THE PLOT THAT COULD RUIN IT FOR ME (the bit about the wife)

Great Danish film. This movie is hilarious and action packed. If you like Lock Stock or Snatch; You'll like this.

I caught this film at the Nuart theater a fews years back. What a fun and entertaining film. Very nice to see a good foreign film. Rather than a rehash of boring themes.

Black humor with charm. A movie about right and wrong and what makes the difference. One of my all time favorites

"In China They Eat Dogs" is a Danish film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen. This is an extremely funny action movie about a Arvid (Dejan Cukic) who has misgivings about having sent a bank robber to jail. Arvid is attacked by a woman who claims to be the bank robber's wife. She explains that they had needed the money for artificial insemination since they were not able to have a child otherwise. Arvid's guilt about sending the man to jail leads him to seek out his brother, Harald (Kim Bodnia) who is a criminal, in order to steal money so that the woman can have the artificial insemination. They then attempt to break the man out of prison, and almost kill him in the process, all the while Vuk (sounds like puke), is suffering one injury after another while assisting in these capers. After breaking the bank robber out of jail they discover that the woman was actually lying. She was his sister, not his wife. So it turns out they had done everything for not. This leads to another series of crazy events as innocent victims get in the way and the body count builds all leading to a grand shootout and its surprising ending. This film reminded me somewhat of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", with its manic energy, and various twists and turns. The film seems to be about Arvid learning that there are no barriers in life except for those that one places upon themselves. In a country, like China, it is okay to eat dogs, whereas in European or North American societies, it is thought of as repulsive. As the film progresses the mild, and boring Arvid, gradually transforms into a character who sets his own code of morals, which don't necessarily fit in with the norms set by his society. Anarchy ensues as one thing leads to another in this highly entertaining film.

Some very funny moments.

its a great international movie and about the Serbian gangsters, I like international films so if you do ,get it.....

Two brothers ,the psychotic gangster Harald(Kim Bodnia) and the self effacing bank clerk Arvid(Dejan Cukic),are drawn together after a long separation after Arvid foils a robbery at his bank but feels guilty when it transpires that the robber and his girlfriend were going to use the money for fertility treatment. Together with the help of Peter(Tomas Jensen)and Martin(Nickula Kaas)they create mayhem as they seek to do the right thing hijacking armoured trucks,annoying a gangland rival Ratko(Slavko Laboure) and killing everyone that gets in their way. Jet black comedy is best not taken seriously as in Harald's world anything goes.Terrific performances throughout(Bodnia plays it straight to hilarious ends) and Anders Thomas Jensen's script is both inventive and side splittingly funny with a truly bizarre(but absolutely perfect)ending. Followed by an gem of a "sequel"Old Men In New Cars.