Directed by:
Babak NajafiScreenplay:
Maria KarlssonCinematography:
Aril WretbladComposer:
Jon EkstrandCast:
Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Fares Fares, Madeleine Martin, Dejan Čukić, Joel Spira, Lisa Henni, Ricardo Marceliono Araneda Moreno (more)Plots(1)
Babak Najafi directs the second instalment of this gritty Swedish crime thriller based on the novels by Jens Lapidus. After serving three years for drug trafficking in Norrtälje Prison, former cash-hungry business student Johan (Joel Kinnaman) is determined to get his life back on track. But that all changes with the arrival in prison of Mrado Slovovic (Dragomir Mrsic), a Serbian mafia member whose big time drug deal with Johan failed due to the involvement of Johan's friend and local coke dealer Jorge (Matias Varela). Now out on day-release, Johan's only chance of returning to a normal life rests in seeking out his former friend and forcing him to give back the mafia's money. Unfortunately for Johan, however, he's not the only one looking for Jorge. (Icon Home Entertainment)
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The first movie wasn’t quite so bad, but there were far too few Swedes and far too few charismatic people. The sequel is exactly the same deal and it’s not very entertaining to have to go through it again.
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Futile waiting for brighter tomorrows, overexposed shots, and late regret on the journey toward the light. The same mistakes, and the same signs. If you haven’t seen the first part, you’ll be staring at all those intense Balkans and their buddies like a deer in the headlights at Stockholm's Globen arena. You won’t understand how JW and Mrado can be in the same cell after the previous events. I, on the other hand, don't understand why Kinnaman is an actor.
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