Metalhead (Ragnar Bragason, 2013):Iceland

Reviewed by Antwon Calhoun, Viewed at Santa Barbara international film festival, Metropolitan 4.

This troubled girl who had to deal with the demise of her older brother at a young age. To keep her reminiscing about her brother she plays rock music and later in the film she begins to love it and starts making her on own music. Her parents are still holding on to the death of there son and they are having trouble cleaning out his room. The film is starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson playing Karl, Thora Borg Helga Playing Hera and Sveinn Olafur Gunarsson playing Janus.

They start the film on the farm where they live the brother is on a tractor walking on the field. His sister tries to get his attention telling him that dinner is ready. Next thing you know the brother hit a pot hole and bounces out of the seat of the tractor. The tractor ends up going over him and kills him. His sister gets her parents and they run out there, they pick it him and they put with in the car. He dies on the way to the hospital. Years later the sister becomes a teenager who gets into trouble and she doesn’t get alone with her parents and she blames herself for her brothers death. She has a job but she gets fired from her job because she is playing her loud music. Later she beings working with a priest to help her get through life.

This film was really interesting to watch for my first iceland film. It was pretty dark film but really good I learn a lot family you see how close the family close together  after being apart for so long. The actress did so well to show that she was still hurt about her brother all through the film. I like how they didn’t have a lot of locations in the film. It made it easier to understand.

This film is really good to watch if you enjoy rock music and a good film sorry i highly recommend this film.