Headhunters, by Jo Nesbø (REVIEW) and Headhunters (Movie REVIEW) -- Book-to-Movie: How Headhunters Fares
Anyone who’s ever read a great book--or even just a really good one--then looked forward to seeing the movie or TV version of same, knows what it’s like to be disappointed. Sure, there are some amazing adaptations out there (“Game of Thrones” and nearly all of the recent BBC adaptations of the classics, for instance), but the duds far outnumber them (“The DaVinci Code” was, at least, an interesting book, but the movie was like cruel-and-unusual torture, and “The Scarlet Letter” with Demi Moore was a really bad joke). So, after reading Headhunters last month (see my review here ), I made myself wait awhile before streaming the movie. Despite the overwhelmingly-positive reviews, the fear of being let down was just too strong. After watching it earlier this week, though, I have to say it’s definitely one of the better adaptations--no, it's not perfect, but it keeps to the overall theme and feel of the book quite well, and offers up plenty of suspense and a few good chil...