The 2014 Scandinavian thriller In Order of Disappearance certainly hits the Coen piñata hard, with a bloodily comedic take on snowbound crime that should set Joel and Ethan’s collective ears ablaze. Fortunately, however, some inspired stylistic touches and a terrific-even-by-his-standards lead performance from Stellan Skarsgård also let it successfully stake its own claim.
Set during an especially bleak Norwegian winter, the story follows a Swedish snowplow driver (Skarsgård) who stands as a pillar of his small community, despite his immigrant status. After his son is killed in a mob-related incident, he takes a hacksaw to his hunting rifle and begins revenging…