1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :- very well done movie, 8. März 2005
Author:
tekniker207 von Denmark
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
I think this movie is well done and realistic. I you are used to
watching Hollywood "action" movies, and use that as a standard to rate
this movie, you are bound to be disappointed. This movie is much closer
to real life than 95% of what Hollywood can produce, and that is what
lifts it above the average action movie. I have no experience with
Swedish military whatsoever, and can therefore not point out any
mistakes in the way they act. But as i have seen the "making of" extra
I'm convinced that there has been done a lot to avoid any mistakes.
This is a movie i will recommend for others to watch. High quality
realistic story and movie.
Decent Swedish actioner (with remake potential...), 18. Januar 2008
Author:
essankay von United States
In some ways it it is difficult, and even pointless, to try to compete
with American action movies. The enormous market, and therefore budgets
that an American movie can unleash is simply no match for a movie made
in a country of 9 million. I bet the extras-casting bill for
Transformers eclipsed the budget of this film.
Thus, as a Swedish action movie, this is pretty good. The set up is not
bad and this could make a great American remake with an average Joe,
working at an airbase in Alaska is presented with the same conundrum as
Shanti Roney's character is in this film. A bigger budget would make a
better film.
As it stands now, this has a great concept, some nice locales, a couple
of decent action sequences, a pretty good villain, and a decent twist
at the end. Livvakterna and Noll Tolerans are still better in my book,
but this isn't half bad.
Nice ambition but too many glitches, 21. Januar 2005
Author:
Enchorde von Sweden
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
** HERE BE SPOILERS **
Recap: Lasse (Rooney) lives an happy easy life together with wife Inger
(Bonnevie) and son Niklas (Zuber). He works at military base Vidsel as
a technician. The base is currently conducting tests of new systems and
security is tight. For instance has Maj. Haglund (Sauk) from military
intelligence arrived. Lasse is kidnapped by Jacek (Cukic) and his
entire family and relatives threatened if Lasse does not comply and
place a transmitter in some systems that these agents want. This
pressure wreaks havoc within his family and when Lasse finally
complies, something goes wrong. Base security is alerted and especially
Haglund smells foul play. But the tests must go on, and the agents
pressure upon Lasse increases. At the same time Haglund is relieved
from the case, and goes on a personal hunt.
Comments: I feel that there are ambitions in this movie. The general
idea in the plot and story is fairly good. There are some small twists
and turns. Special effects and use of fighters are extensive and good.
Sauk is good as Haglund, but other characters seem to overact to much
to leave an credible impression. Then there are numerous small, but
sometimes annoying glitches in the plot were it seems better to do
something else or the characters actions are inconsistent. Those small
minor flaws do add up to a whole flawed impression. However, an
entertaining movie and a big improvement compared to Swedish movies
from a couple of years ago...
5/10
Not too shabby, 11. Februar 2004
Author:
EUtopian von Märsta, Sweden
I did not set very high expectations for this movie, which left me
pleasantly surprised. The story is a little strange sometimes but overall
I
think it has an acceptable credibility. The action scenes are rather nice
and the accompanying music is used to induce a a bit of patriotic feelings
common to US movies. This may not be the best movie ever but it's uncommon
for Sweden and I hope to see more similar ones in the future.
1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :- Entertaining, 25. Februar 2004
Author:
Tony Ingesson von Lund, Sweden
As an employee of the Swedish Air Force I enjoyed the nice Gripen and Hkp
9
(MBB Bo 105) flight scenes in this movie. One of the few disappointments
was
the EWS 39 jammer pod, in this case an inert Rb 75 (Maverick) missile
painted black with the letters "EWS 39" in white along the side. Real
jammer
pods definitely do not look like that, at least not the ones I've
seen.
But apart from that, it's an entertaining movie with a very amusing ending
(the last minute). Anyone interested in seeing various Swedish military
units, including the now-legendary SSG, on film should see this
one.
3 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :- Not enough action, 18. Januar 2005
Author:
Mattias Petersson von Stockholm, Sweden
The words "Swedish" and "Action movie" do not mix. That becomes more
and more obvious with every attempt made in the genre. This is yet
another failed attempt.
Lasse Brunell (Shanti Roney) works at a military air base with top
secret computer systems. One day foreign criminals threaten to hurt his
family if he doesn't do what they tell him. They want the secret
equipment and will do anything to get it.
This movie has it's ups and downs. And usually in Swedish action movies
there are no "ups", just "downs". So i guess something in this movie
showed some quality. To begin with the positive remarks i can mention
that the movie is technically well made. The footage of planes and
helicopters flying are well shot and look very nice. The acting is of
very varying quality. Shanti Roney makes a decent performance while
Maria Bonnevie is stiff and unnatural as usual (i wonder how long
Swedish directors are going to keep using her even though she has the
acting skills of a wooden plank?). Stefan Sauk is laughable as the
"cool" special forces man who comes to the base to investigate.
And what about the action scenes? Well as i said above the scenes of
planes and helicopters flying are nice. But aside from that there is
not much action to talk about. And that is a common problem with
Swedish action films. There is just not enough action going on. Maybe
it's a budget problem, maybe it's film-making culture. I don't know,
but it negatively affects the experience. Because quite frankly, the
story and acting is not good enough for this movie to rely just on
that.
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-

very well done movie, 8. März 2005
Author: tekniker207 von Denmark
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
I think this movie is well done and realistic. I you are used to watching Hollywood "action" movies, and use that as a standard to rate this movie, you are bound to be disappointed. This movie is much closer to real life than 95% of what Hollywood can produce, and that is what lifts it above the average action movie. I have no experience with Swedish military whatsoever, and can therefore not point out any mistakes in the way they act. But as i have seen the "making of" extra I'm convinced that there has been done a lot to avoid any mistakes. This is a movie i will recommend for others to watch. High quality realistic story and movie.
Decent Swedish actioner (with remake potential...), 18. Januar 2008

Author: essankay von United States
In some ways it it is difficult, and even pointless, to try to compete with American action movies. The enormous market, and therefore budgets that an American movie can unleash is simply no match for a movie made in a country of 9 million. I bet the extras-casting bill for Transformers eclipsed the budget of this film.
Thus, as a Swedish action movie, this is pretty good. The set up is not bad and this could make a great American remake with an average Joe, working at an airbase in Alaska is presented with the same conundrum as Shanti Roney's character is in this film. A bigger budget would make a better film.
As it stands now, this has a great concept, some nice locales, a couple of decent action sequences, a pretty good villain, and a decent twist at the end. Livvakterna and Noll Tolerans are still better in my book, but this isn't half bad.
Nice ambition but too many glitches, 21. Januar 2005

Author: Enchorde von Sweden
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
** HERE BE SPOILERS **
Recap: Lasse (Rooney) lives an happy easy life together with wife Inger (Bonnevie) and son Niklas (Zuber). He works at military base Vidsel as a technician. The base is currently conducting tests of new systems and security is tight. For instance has Maj. Haglund (Sauk) from military intelligence arrived. Lasse is kidnapped by Jacek (Cukic) and his entire family and relatives threatened if Lasse does not comply and place a transmitter in some systems that these agents want. This pressure wreaks havoc within his family and when Lasse finally complies, something goes wrong. Base security is alerted and especially Haglund smells foul play. But the tests must go on, and the agents pressure upon Lasse increases. At the same time Haglund is relieved from the case, and goes on a personal hunt.
Comments: I feel that there are ambitions in this movie. The general idea in the plot and story is fairly good. There are some small twists and turns. Special effects and use of fighters are extensive and good. Sauk is good as Haglund, but other characters seem to overact to much to leave an credible impression. Then there are numerous small, but sometimes annoying glitches in the plot were it seems better to do something else or the characters actions are inconsistent. Those small minor flaws do add up to a whole flawed impression. However, an entertaining movie and a big improvement compared to Swedish movies from a couple of years ago...
5/10
Not too shabby, 11. Februar 2004

Author: EUtopian von Märsta, Sweden
I did not set very high expectations for this movie, which left me pleasantly surprised. The story is a little strange sometimes but overall I think it has an acceptable credibility. The action scenes are rather nice and the accompanying music is used to induce a a bit of patriotic feelings common to US movies. This may not be the best movie ever but it's uncommon for Sweden and I hope to see more similar ones in the future.
1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-

Entertaining, 25. Februar 2004
Author: Tony Ingesson von Lund, Sweden
As an employee of the Swedish Air Force I enjoyed the nice Gripen and Hkp 9 (MBB Bo 105) flight scenes in this movie. One of the few disappointments was the EWS 39 jammer pod, in this case an inert Rb 75 (Maverick) missile painted black with the letters "EWS 39" in white along the side. Real jammer pods definitely do not look like that, at least not the ones I've seen.
But apart from that, it's an entertaining movie with a very amusing ending (the last minute). Anyone interested in seeing various Swedish military units, including the now-legendary SSG, on film should see this one.
3 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-

Not enough action, 18. Januar 2005
Author: Mattias Petersson von Stockholm, Sweden
The words "Swedish" and "Action movie" do not mix. That becomes more and more obvious with every attempt made in the genre. This is yet another failed attempt.
Lasse Brunell (Shanti Roney) works at a military air base with top secret computer systems. One day foreign criminals threaten to hurt his family if he doesn't do what they tell him. They want the secret equipment and will do anything to get it.
This movie has it's ups and downs. And usually in Swedish action movies there are no "ups", just "downs". So i guess something in this movie showed some quality. To begin with the positive remarks i can mention that the movie is technically well made. The footage of planes and helicopters flying are well shot and look very nice. The acting is of very varying quality. Shanti Roney makes a decent performance while Maria Bonnevie is stiff and unnatural as usual (i wonder how long Swedish directors are going to keep using her even though she has the acting skills of a wooden plank?). Stefan Sauk is laughable as the "cool" special forces man who comes to the base to investigate.
And what about the action scenes? Well as i said above the scenes of planes and helicopters flying are nice. But aside from that there is not much action to talk about. And that is a common problem with Swedish action films. There is just not enough action going on. Maybe it's a budget problem, maybe it's film-making culture. I don't know, but it negatively affects the experience. Because quite frankly, the story and acting is not good enough for this movie to rely just on that.
I rate this 4/10 for effort.
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