ID:A

2011 [DANISH]

Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2385 2.4K

Plot summary

A woman wakes up in a river. Wounded and without memory, then races to elude mysterious followers and recover from amnesia.


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August 03, 2024 at 03:08 AM

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Tuva Novotny as Aliena / Ida
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961.59 MB
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Danish 2.0
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1 hr 44 min
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Danish 5.1
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24 fps
1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by morrison-dylan-fan 7 / 10

Masked and Anonymous.

Finding my original plans to go to Manchester today to change due to the station having extensive repairs today which means long delays,I went into the local CEX, where I spotted a DVD of the sweet Danish Nordic Noir Thriller,leading to me showing ID.

View on the film:

Waking up in a wounded daze unable to even remember her name, Tuva Novotny gives a smashing turn as Ida, whose memories Novotny glues together with an enticing Nordic Noir curiosity to unravel how she ended up with a bagful of cash and a gun.

Driving into the gaps of Ida's mind, Carsten Bjornlund gives a very good performance as Martin, whose rough and tumble manner shoved forward by Bjornlund springs the urgency of slotting all her scattered memories back together.

Based on Anne Chaplin Hansen's novel, (which sadly has not been translated into English) the screenplay by Tine Krull Petersen (Petersen's first movie script) neatly blends the Nordic Noir cynicism of corrupt politicians hands filled with dirty money, (a major theme of the genre) with the tense thrills of the Euro Spy genre, via excellent set-pieces of Ida having to walk on tiptoes pretending to all those unaware that she remembers them, as Petersen times an extended flashback which clocks the motives of the thugs chasing her.

Spying on the tone set by Petersen, director Christian E. Christiansen & cinematographer Ian Hansen eye Ida's past with crystallized hand-held shots sprinting to the explosive atmosphere of Ida running in fear of her life, which is placed under risk by mesmerizing smash cut edits by editors Bodil Kjaerhauge and Anders Refn which makes the action crunch, (which include a tasty gory use of a metronome) as Ida shows her ID.

Reviewed by nazztrader 5 / 10

A bit too "American" for me !

At first, I thought this one might be like the great "Memento," but about halfway through it turned into an episode of "24," more or less, and became more of an action film rather than a mystery/thriller. Everything gets "wrapped up" neatly at the end, though with a few "good" (or somewhat good) characters getting killed along the way to add that touch of tragedy so that it wouldn't feel too "light." Overall, there's really nothing about it that would lead me to think that it was worth my time. If you are bored and want to keep your mind occupied for an hour and a half or so, sure, go ahead and watch it. But it's like the kind of meal you enjoy though you find that a bit more than an hour later you are hungry again. Don't expect any great insights into human psychology or the "human condition" here, that's for sure!

Reviewed by BeneCumb 7 / 10

Uneven plot, good performances

Following up amnesia, regardless the reason, with flashbacks has been used multiple times, thus new angles are required to make a difference. In ID:A, Danes speak often good French, for example... :) The events take place within a short period in three countries, but the first half or so is a bit protracted and is focused too much on the main character (well, Tuva Novotny performs decently, but a crime thriller with long scenes filled by one single person loses its pace). But then the events begin running, at times too fast, with some improbable moments and explanations... Twists and chases are still in place and the ending ties loose ends nicely up, although some elements are predictable.

Thus, an okay entertainment, but no e.g. Gus Ritchie or Luc Besson.

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