''Børning 2'' is a 2016 Norwegian action-comedy directed by

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, and produced by Filmkameratene. It is the sequel to ''

Børning ''Børning: The Fast & The Fønniest'', or simply ''Børning'', is a 2014 Norwegian action-comedy film directed by Hallvard Bræin, written by Linn-Jeanette Kyed from a story by Christopher Grøndahl, based on an idea by Bræin, and produced by ...

'' (2014) that have taken inspiration from the American ''Fast & Furious'' film series.

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plays the main character, Roy Gundersen, who gets out of prison for participating in the illegal street race to

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. He is challenged to a new illegal winter race from

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in the north of Russia, but refuses, as he wants to focus on spending time with his daughter. But then he hears that his daughter is participating in the race together with her boyfriend. The movie premiered on the 12th of October 2016. The script was written by Linn-Jeanette Kyed and Anne Elvedal, following the story by Christopher Grøndahl. A sequel, '' Børning 3: Asphalt Burning'', was filmed in

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, and

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that ended with a race in the world known race track

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Plot

Roy gets out of jail after 2 years, for participating in the illegal street race to

. He is determined on getting his life back on track. He has hit rock bottom, gone bankrupt, and in a desperate attempt on restoring his life and being a good role model for his daughter, Nina, he takes a job in a gas station. Roy's pregnant girlfriend hosts a "out of jail"-party, where some of his old racing enemies shows up and challenges him to a new race. The race starts in

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, going through

and

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, before ending up in

in north

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. Roy wants to keep his sheets clean, and refuses to race. That is until he finds out that Nina is attending the race together with her boyfriend Charley, and he has to stop her. The race is wild and tough, going over mountains, icy roads and frozen waters. The race becomes a chase between the racers and the police, who are doing what ever they can to stop them.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Like the first film, ''Børning 2'' became an immediate success in the Norwegian box office, selling over 55 000 tickets on the day of the premiere breaking the Norwegian record, and accumulating over 212 000 viewers the first 5 days of showing. The film ended up with over 383 000 views. The movie has an approximate total budget of $2,500,000.

Critical reception

''Børning 2'' received mixed to positive reviews from the critics. Birger Vestmo from

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's Filmpolitiet praises the movie for its driving and stunts in the winter snow and ice. "The movie is well done visually, where the colourful cars are a great contrast to the snow white landscapes they are racing through". He rated the movie a 4 out of 6. Morten Ståle Nilsen from VG.no says what the movie lacks in story and relationships, it makes up for in the driving scenes. "The sentimental side of the movie feels even more insecure than the previous movie, where it now is full of relationships it is hard to believe (including the central relationship between father and daughter)." Nilsen rated the movie a 4 out of 6. The film reviewer from

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, Aksel Kielland, criticizes the movie for the way it portrays the female role in the movie. "It doesn't matter that the script is written by two women (Anne Elvedal and Linn-Jeanette Kyed) or that the bikini ladies from the first movie is gone - "Børning 2" is about as hostile to women as it is possible for commercial Norwegian entertainment to become in 2016.". With this he rates the movie a 2 out of 6.

Accolades

''Børning 2'' has been nominated to 4

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s, including the People's choice award, and 1 Kosmorama Award.

References

External links

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Børning 2 - On Cineuropa.org

Børning 2 - Behind the scenes video material - SF Studio Norge youtube channel
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