In Order of Disappearance

Two young men are abducted from an airport. One escapes, the other is given a lethal overdose of drugs. The police in Norway, apparently being lazy morons, declare the boy an addict, despite no indication of any prior drug use. The parents are left to deal with their grief.One runs away from it all, the other, Nils, begins to hunt the men responsible for his son's death, and in the process, kicks off a turf war between that gang and a Serbian gang.

The description of the movie is that it's a black comedy action movie. Looking back on it, there are certainly things I can see now that were intended to be funny. The letter Nils' wife left for him, The Count's interactions with his ex-wife. Some of the back-and-forth within each gang.

Most of it is well-done enough that, while watching the movie, I didn't pick up on the idea it was supposed to be funny. The moments don't stick out as gags, or moments where the film is pointing and saying, "OK, laugh now". It still feels as though these moments are correct for these characters. Which seems like good work by the filmmakers and the cast. They didn't break the tone of the movie too much.

Or I was too locked into the idea of this as a sad movie about an angry man struggling to deal with the death of his son to recognize that some of what's happening is ridiculous. People are running around, drawing the wrong conclusions, doing things that only make the situation worse.

It works very well whether you watch it knowing things are supposed to be funny or not, though. I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I watched it, but I was pleasantly surprised.