Easy Money
Easy Money
Easy Money
Snabba cash
Snabba cash
Directed by:
Daniel EspinosaScreenplay:
Maria KarlssonCinematography:
Aril WretbladComposer:
Jon EkstrandCast:
Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Lisa Henni, Mahmut Suvakci, Dejan Čukić, Miodrag Stojanovic, Christian Hillborg, Fares Fares, Sasa Petrovic (more)Plots(1)
JW is a young man living in Stockholm, originally from the countryside but feigning the appearance of a "Stekare" (in Swedish parlance, a lifestyle based on flaunting one's apparent wealth), actually leading a double life driving taxi illegally to finance his expensive life on Stureplan. Abdulkarim, running the taxi business, offers JW to begin sell cocaine instead. JW accepts the offer and enters Stockholms underground. Jorge Salinas Barrio is a Latino who has gone to prison after taking the blame for drug business in which the Yugoslav mafia was involved. He escapes from Österåker Prison with plans to escape the country. Mrado Slovovic is a Serbian henchman who runs errands for the Yugoslav mafia, but he actually dreams of a normal life with his daughter Lovisa. The three characters unite in the book through their dreams about quick earnings. Once JW and Abdulkarim have the cocaine sales going they want to expand. Abdulkarim has heard of Jorge, who has at the time made an escape. The word on the street is that Jorge has learned everything about the cocaine business while in prison thus JW gets an assignment to hire him. Simultaneously Jorge has tried to blackmail the Yugoslav mafia boss. The hitman Mrado has been assigned to make him think otherwise. When JW finally finds Jorge he is laying beaten-up in a forest, courtesy of Mrado. Abdulkarim takes care of Jorge, and they start working together. (official distributor synopsis)
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This trilogy attracted me ever since I found out it existed. That’s why I made time for it and started watching the first instalment, which is also the one with the best rating both on this site and the IMDb. The story itself is not that bad, but the main character is so annoying that it’s not even pretty. A snobbish Norwegian wants a better life than he deserves and that’s why he gets what he actually deserves. The most beautiful thing about the whole story was that although the film is Swedish and everything takes place in Sweden, there are only a few Swedes in it. It is worth considering whether there are still Swedes in Sweden or whether the Swedes are rather Norwegians, Bulgarians, Serbians or Arabs, as in the case of this movie. Anyway, if not for the shitty camera and the arrogant main character, I would be satisfied. But without it, the movie would not be what it is. Distinctive. But for me, it is worth three stars.
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While the rule of thumb in old mafia movies is "you can't trust anyone but your (mafia) family" here in ethnically embellished Sweden (nearly six languages are spoken in this movie), the complete opposite phrases come out. Quiet character building, some violence here and there, and quite a few action scenes under the baton of a very skilled director and cinematographer born to work with detail and light. The main character is mega unsympathetic, but kind of on purpose, and that's appreciated.
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