Stars: Peter Stormare, Rolf Lassgård, Eero Milonoff
Writers: Björn Carlström, Stefan Thunberg
Cast: Peter Stormare
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Torsten
Rolf Lassgård
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Erik Bäckström
Eero Milonoff
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Jari Lipponen
Johan Paulsen
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Mats
Yngve Dahlberg
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Erik's boss
Elina Knihtilä
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Irina Lipponen
Juho Milonoff
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Esa Lipponen
Annika Nordin
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Karin Johansson
Lo Kauppi
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Johanna Lager
Kim Tjernström
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Peter
Hanna Ek
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Woman finding Elin
Jarl Lindblad
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Elof
Ellenor Lindgren
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Elin Ledin
Håkan Andersson
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Upset hunter
Jonas Hedlund
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Niklas
Release Date: 9 September 2011
Filming Locations: Överkalix, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Technical Specs
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User Review
Brilliant acting in an exciting murder mystery
Rating: 8/10
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom (Rolf Lassgård) is forced to return to
his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local
polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved.
Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the
local police Torsten (Peter Stormare). Torsten does not support Erik
very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already
arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts
digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.
Director Kjell Sundin was right when he, after some hesitation, decided
to make a successor of Jägarna (The Hunters). There are some flashbacks
in the second film, but it doesn't matter. The second film stands on
its own and the drama has got its own story with all the ingredients
for a strong thriller and with star actors performing convincingly in
the spectacular northern landscape of Sweden. The movie is filmed in
the small place Överkalix and its surroundings.
Peter Stormare makes an impressing role portrait of the psychopathic
policeman Torsten. With small and powerful expressions he excellently
performs the complex character. Stormare is a brilliant and talented
actor, who can turn stereotypes into great art. Rolf Lassgård is an
experienced actor and convincing as the homicide detective, but
sometimes falls into manners in his attempts to make the rather flat
role more interesting. Annika Nordin as Torsten's betrayed wife Karin
is, however, too sophisticated and beautiful for the part. Eero
Milonoff performs with force the rough drinker Jari, that with his
friend Esa (Juho Milonoff) are the social problems of the village.
The film photo by Jallo Faber is beautiful, even if the sharpness could
have been better. But he captures the expressions of the actors very
well and seduces us with the grandiose views of the landscape. The
writers Bjorn Carlstrom and Stefan Thunberg have created a strong story
with an excellent and realistic dialog.
Unfortunately this exciting down-to-earth drama turns into a
melodramatic operatic final that does not give the movie full points,
even if the story maybe couldn't end in another way. And the closing
scenes with the well-polished victims along with Erik in an idyllic
winter landscape, feels too heavenly. The consequences of the violent
drama should have left some traces with the victims, who actually got
life-threatening damages in the film.
But Jägarna 2 (The Hunters 2) got eight out 10, for an exciting movie
with talented actors and filmmakers of which Sweden has many reasons to
be proud.
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