Cop Secret (2021)

Original title

Leynilögga

Directed by

Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Genre

drama film, action film, comedy film

Country

Iceland

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Icelandic action comedy about a tough cop who takes on a bank robbery case. The film started as a joke fake movie trailer and became a real feature.

fast-pacedsillyplayfullightheartedabsurdself-awareexciting

What happens

Cop Secret (Icelandic: Leynilögga) is a 2021 Icelandic action comedy film directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson from a screenplay that he co-wrote alongside Nína Pedersen and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson. The film stars Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir. The film is based on a fake movie trailer made by Auðunn, Hannes and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson for a TV show in 2011. The trailer featured Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Hjalti Árnason, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Hörður Magnússon and Hermann Gunnarsson. The film premièred at the Concorso internazionale at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 10 August 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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