Remote Control (Icelandic: Sódóma ReykjavÃÂk () is a 1992 Icelandic film directed by ÃÂskar Jónasson in his feature-length directorial debut. The plot is a farce, revolving around the young car mechanic Axel and his adventure in the ReykjavÃÂk underworld which starts when his mother insists that he must recover the remote control to her TV. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Since it release, it has gained cult status in Iceland.
The film stars Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson as Axel, and features the Icelandic metal band HAM.
Young man Axel is asked by his mother to retrieve the TV remote control taken by his sister Mæja. Mæja is a party animal and Axel's search for his sister leads him to assorted petty criminals. When Mæja is kidnapped, he has to go to the nightclub Sódóma to rescue her. After talking to some of the club patrons, they think there is a party at Axel's apartment, so go there. In the farcical climax, they carry Axel's sleeping mother out of the apartment and place her in a boat, and Axel has to rescue her.