Review of King of Devil's Island (2010) by Daisy M — 21 Dec 2011

Kongen av Bastøy was based on actual events that happened on the Bastøy correctional facility for difficult boys, back in 1915.The story was dramatic and tragic, as well as true. It told the Norwegian history back then when the country was poor, and how it was to be sent on a whaling ship, being a young guy from difficult background.

The director made the story quite possible since it was based on true events, You have to care for the characters since these young boys on this facility were not the easy ones, they were brutal, uneducated, unable to show affection and victims of a difficult past.

Near the end I expected it to be different ,but it took a strange twist to wrap up the story. Very well done. Do not expect a happy ending, as you won't get any and it was about 2 hours without any pleasant events.