The Guardian Angel is a Danish thriller movie directed by Arto Halonen and is based on the true story of a bank robbery that occurred in Copenhagen in 1951. The movie stars Pilou Asbæk as Anders Olsen, a criminal investigator assigned to solve the case of a bank robbery where two bank clerks were shot and the robber runs out into the streets of Copenhagen with the money.
The accused claims to have committed the crime alone, but some witnesses say that the robber seemed to have been in a trance. This makes the case even more complicated and peculiar. Olsen finds out that the accused has been in prison with the charismatic Bjorn Schow Nielsen (played by Josh Lucas), and he begins to suspect that Nielsen had hypnotized his fellow inmate to commit the crime for him.
Olsen seeks help from a well-known psychiatrist specialized in hypnosis, Dr. Erik Kold (played by Rade Serbedzija), with whom Olsen delves deeper into the world of mental manipulation. While focused on the criminal investigation, Olsen does not realize that the mysterious Nielsen has secretly befriended his young wife. Soon, the mysterious case touches him closer than he could have imagined.
As Olsen investigates further and gets closer to the truth, he is faced with unexpected hurdles, including corrupt politicians and powerful people who are willing to go to any lengths to keep the truth hidden. Eventually, Olsen takes matters into his own hands and risks everything to catch the true perpetrator and bring justice to the victims.
The Guardian Angel is a gripping and suspenseful movie that explores the dark world of mental manipulation and the lengths people will go to in order to get what they want. It premiered in Denmark in 2018 and was released internationally in 2019.