Riders Of Justice: Mads Mikkelsen Week at FOMO Cinema

Welcome to RETURN OF THE MADS at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi. The original plan was one week. You had other ideas.

After an overwhelming response to MADSNESS, I'm extending the retrospective with another week of films, exploring the performances, directors and collaborations that helped turn Mikkelsen from Denmark's best-kept secret into one of the defining screen actors of his generation.

He's worked with Nicolas Winding Refn, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen and some of the biggest directors in international cinema, balancing arthouse cinema with global blockbusters.

This time we're digging a little deeper. We'll revisit some familiar faces, discover a few hidden gems and trace the remarkable second act of a career that's only become more adventurous with time

RIDERS OF JUSTICE

Anders Thomas Jensen | 2020 | Denmark | 1h56m | Danish with English subtitles

By this point in MADSNESS we've had gangster Mads, cannibal Mads, villainous Mads, ripped Mads, prestige Mads, mentally ill Mads, compassionate Mads, saintly Mads, revolutionary Mads and cowboy Mads. RIDERS OF JUSTICE gives us grieving Mads.

When Markus, a career soldier, loses his wife in what appears to be a random train accident, he returns home to care for the teenage daughter he barely knows. Before long, a statistician arrives at his door with an extraordinary theory: the crash wasn't an accident at all. Convinced they've uncovered a conspiracy involving a violent biker gang, the unlikely group set out to bring those responsible to justice.

That's all you need to know.

Like the very best Anders Thomas Jensen films, RIDERS OF JUSTICE refuses to stay in one genre for long. It's a revenge thriller, a pitch-black comedy, a family drama, a meditation on grief and, somehow, one of the funniest films you'll ever see about trauma. Beneath the gunfights and deadpan humour lies a surprisingly moving exploration of coincidence, masculinity and our desperate need to believe that everything happens for a reason.

Reuniting Mads Mikkelsen with Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann and Nicolas Bro, the film brings together one of the finest ensembles in modern Danish cinema. Mads gives one of the richest performances of his career, balancing explosive violence with extraordinary vulnerability.

Many critics called ANOTHER ROUND Mads Mikkelsen's finest performance. A year later, he quietly made an equally strong case for RIDERS OF JUSTICE. Funny, heartbreaking and endlessly unpredictable, it's one of the very best Danish films of the twenty-first century.

FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments including coffee and tea, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!

LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.

HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMzMTA2Mjk0MDI5MjM1