In the Norwegian film 'Headhunters' a small man is doing big things. He is a headhunter for a recruitment company searching out executives for corporations and using his recruitment work to identify targets for his sideline, the theft of expensive artwork.
The sideline activity, essential to the maintenance of his fly highing, wealthy lifestyle is meticulously planned and timed but it also is a plot device that is full of holes. Nevertheless the depiction of this activity during the first half of Headhunters is entertaining enough; almost fun at times. When events take their inevitable downturn in the second half, the movie becomes darker and bloodier.
I can see Hollywood remaking this film in its own image. It's just the sort of story they would love to cannibalise although Hollywood would probably remove the nudity and darker edges.
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