It’s difficult to reveal much about the plot without spoiling those surprises, because they start early, and escalate rapidly. Much of the fun of the film is trying to guess how it’s going to wrong foot you next.
But Lisa, Dan’s ailing ex-military dad, Dan’s deadbeat best mate and a trio of on-the-run criminals have other plans that complicate matters in ways that invariably end with various bodily fluids splattering the cabin’s floorboards. And the film uses a number of witty flashbacks to keep you disorientated about what the next twist is going to be.
This US version is not so much a remake, as a near scene-by-scene cover version, with even large swathes of dialogue translated almost verbatim. At times it’s almost like they haven’t bothered with a new script, they’ve just used the foreign film’s subtitles.
Despite all the similarities, there are significant differences too, mainly in tone. The US version softens Dan and Lisa slightly, and beefs up the roles of the three criminals. Timothy Olyphant and Juliette Lewis play two of the bad guys, glorious chewing up the scenery like it’s an all you can eat log buffet, while the third is André Eriksen, a Norwegian rapper reprising his role from The Trip.
View Green Video on the source websiteIronically, the attempts to make the characters more relatable ends up making them feel less realistic. And stupider. Even Segel, fine comedy actor that he is, is an odd choice for Dan, his naturally diffident demeanour making him difficult to swallow as a wife killer. Weaving, however, is unnervingly convincing snide, cold-hearted bitch.
Luckily, there’s a great coda sequence, even if it’s the one twist you probably will guess well before the reveal. You won’t mind, because it’s the perfect ending. And deeply silly.
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