In Order of Disappearance is filled with so many twists on what you expect that it feels refreshing.
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The film has been executed with a sense of formally stylish and thematically symmetric panache.
The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
In Order of Disappearance provides a wonderful vehicle for Stellan Skarsgard's stone-faced gravitas and calm intelligence.
A true blue dark comedy that isn’t so concerned with its darkness that it forgets to be laugh-out-loud silly at times too, “In Order of Disappearance” is a bitter, bloody treat for the black of heart.
It’s not without its moments, but more comic dexterity and less brute force would have made a less choppy watch.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
This is a derivative movie, whose comic entanglements are perhaps there to provide an alibi for the obvious plot implausibilities - but it’s well made, great looking, and nicely acted.
Schemes like this have a way of spiraling out of the characters’ control, but Moland and Aakeson maintain a firm grasp on the pacing, progressively building both carnage and suspense as the situation escalates toward a Mexican standoff of which even Sam Peckinpah would be proud.
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
You’ve seen almost everything here before, but never within the same film.
Skarsgard has carved out a wide niche for his varied and colorful acting career to inhabit. He’s stoic and unflinching here, a man on a mission.