"Headhunters" is an absurd amount of grisly fun, which is a good thing, since, looked at in any great detail, it probably doesn't hold up all that well. full review

By film's end, we're deep into Coen brothers territory, with an extra splash of Sam Raimi-level gore. full review

'Headhunters" is a frighteningly well-made thriller about an amoral art thief on the run. full review

"Headhunters" is a bit like an Ikea desk assembled with your nondominant arm -- sleek and attractive, but likely to fall to pieces if you look at it too hard. full review

"Headhunters" will indeed hand you your head. full review

A cat-and-mouse game with the giddy excitement of a heist movie. full review

It's crisp entertainment even as plot absurdities gum up the works - you can almost hear the pages turn as you watch. full review

The scenes of graphic violence are drawn out to the point where they overwhelm the story. full review

When we get the remake in a year or two, I hope it retains the edge and compact energy of director Morten Tyldum's movie. full review

I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. full review

Clearly, there are streaks of farce in all this, as well as serious cracks in logic, and those who like their black comedy done to a crisp will happily feast on what Tyldum dishes up. full review

Headhunters is slick and spritely, a mixture of corporate skullduggery and low-life slapstick that plays like The Firm meets Blood Simple. full review

"Headhunters" is a well-oiled, nasty machine. full review

That's some good acting by Hennie, but it's also good writing by co-scribes Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg. They freshen up familiar caper and thriller tropes, adapting the bestselling prose Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo. full review

This Norwegian thriller has a winning cutthroat perversity. full review

At a time when many mystery thrillers fall apart in the final fifteen minutes, Headhunters maintains its integrity. full review

The sex, nudity and violence are nonstop, but that's what makes "Headhunters" exciting entertainment. full review

Brown's panic is capably rendered, but his ordeals are not worth enduring to the bitter end. full review

"Headhunters" is smart, funny, scary and surprising, so it's hardly any wonder that an American version is in the works. The big question is whether the remake can measure up. full review

The film has some fairly grisly violence, but also considerable humor and the sort of intricate, thought-through storytelling you'd expect from Hitchcock or the Coen brothers. full review