Director: Teemu Nikki
Writer: Teemu Nikki (Screenplay)
Starring: Matti Onnismaa, Jari Virman, Hannamaija Nikander, Heikki Nousiainen, Pihla Penttienen, Jouko Puolanto
Plot: A man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.
Runtime: 1 Hour 25 Minutes
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Distrubing
Story: Euthanizer starts as we head to a small Finnish town where on the outskirts Veijo Haukka (Onnismaa) offers the people a chance to euthanizes their pets cheaper than a vet, he does give the people life lessons in his methods and only does it with sick or elderly animals. When Petri (Virman) a man who wants to get rid of his dog and is trying to become part of a white supremacist group known as soldiers of Finland, Veijo keeps the as his own.
When Petri wants to impress the group, he targets Veijo and after Veijo’s father Martti (Nousiainen) dies he snaps, getting psychical with anyone he sees to have prolonged any animals suffering.
Thoughts on Euthanizer
Characters – Veijo Haukka is a lonely man that lives on the outskirts who offers a service to people who need to dispose and euthanize their pets, he has morals and wants to make sure the animal is suffering before doing anything, when he loses his father he will not stop to get revenge on the people that crossed him. Petri is the one man trying to join a white supremacy group, he will want to impress, even if the group isn’t the biggest threat. Lotta is the nurse caring for Veijo father, she becomes obsessed with what he does enjoying the darker side of sex.
Performances – The performances from the whole cast keep us feeling the disturbing theme throughout. Matti Onnismaa is the stand out never blinking in his scene as you see his actions are shown on his face. Jari Virman does make us hate his character which is what we need him to be.
Story – The story does follow a revenge ABC checklist, though we do have characters that don’t seem the most enjoyable. Veijo is euthanizing animals which does give us more disturbing side of things, while the white supremacy group never feels like that much of a threat as it only seems to have about 4 people in it. The side sex story is strange, but it does end up showing us just where the people in the world will be liking. This does have disturbing moments in and there was a point where even I nearly had to stop because of the subject matter rather than quality.
Thriller – This film does try to build the tension, but spends too much time focusing on getting to the characters in place before anything happened.
Settings – The film shows us a small Finnish town which shows the extremes of the people that are like.
Scene of the Movie – Final revenge.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – If you are an animal fan this will be difficult to watch.
Final Thoughts – This is a thriller that does a revenge easily enough, though it will test the audience with the subject matter involving the animals.
Overall: Too disturbing for some.
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