In Order of Disappearance–Plowing through Suspense
In this combination of black comedy and Nordic noir, we are treated to a series of scenes involving gangster mobs, drug trade, a father’s revenge, kidnapping, and snow plows. In Order of Disappearance is part “Fargo” and part other Coen brothers’ comedic treatment of snow country. The main character, Nils (the Scandinavian acting legend Stellan Skarsgard), is a Norwegian government employee, a snow plower, who has recently been awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. When his only son is murdered for being at the wrong place at the wrong time with...