A weekend at a remote lakeside cabin is supposed to fix a marriage, not end one, but this Norwegian thriller flips that premise from its opening minutes.
What is The Trip about?
A couple heads to an isolated cabin under the pretense of reconnecting after their relationship has soured, except each of them has quietly arrived with a plan to kill the other. Before either scheme can play out, a group of uninvited visitors shows up at the cabin, and the pair suddenly finds itself facing a threat far more dangerous than anything they had plotted against each other. What starts as a dark relationship drama tips fast into home-invasion chaos, and the film leans hard into blood-soaked slapstick once the strangers arrive, mixing genuine tension with absurd, over-the-top violence. The isolated setting does a lot of work here, cutting the couple off from any outside help right as they need it most.
About the cast
Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie lead as the couple at the center of the story, with Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck, André Eriksen, Stig Frode Henriksen, Nils Ole Oftebro, and Tor Erik Gunstrøm filling out the cabin's unwelcome guests.
Context & significance
Directed by Tommy Wirkola, known for blending horror with broad comedy, this 2021 Norwegian production mixes action, comedy, horror, and thriller into one fast-moving genre mashup rather than settling into any single lane. At just under two hours, the film keeps its premise tight, using the cabin's isolation to escalate the danger scene by scene once the visitors arrive.
Watching The Trip on Ktime
The Trip is available on K-Time with a free account login, complete with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it easy for Farsi-speaking audiences to follow the film's rapid tonal shifts from marital drama to full-blown chaos.