One of the best action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

Holding a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, this dark comedy action thriller is a real crowdpleaser.

Directed by the actor's Oscar-winning frequent collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen (this year's The Last Viking), the film follows Markus (Mikkelsen), a Danish soldier in Afghanistan who returns home after his wife dies in a train crash.

As he struggles to look after his teenage daughter (Andrea Heick Gadeberg), he is approached by a man named Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) who was on the same train as his wife. An introvert skilled in the area of statistics and probability, Otto determines that the crash was not an accident.

This revelation leads Markus, Otto, and two of the latter's fellow outcast friends (Lars Brygmann and Nicolas Bro) to seek out the people that they believe are responsible for the crash: a motorcycle crime gang dubbed the Riders of Justice.

Watch the trailer for Riders of Justice below:

On one level, this Danish flick is a classic vengeance movie elevated by a tough-as-nails performance by Mikkelsen and several hard-hitting action sequences.

At the same time, however, the film is a deeply emotional and surprisingly funny portrait of a group of lovable if damaged people coming together to help each other through their trauma.

Also, through its exciting and unpredictable plot, the film ultimately subverts many of the conventions of revenge movies.

Boasting a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, Riders of Justice is on TV tonight on Film4 at 10.50pm. It will also be available to stream for free on Channel 4's website after it airs.