Beck – Hämndens pris

Beck – Hämndens pris
Swedish DVD-cover
Written byRolf Börjlind
Cilla Börjlind
Directed byKjell Sundvall
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
Production
Producers
  • Lars Blomgren
  • Börje Hansson
Running time92 minutes
Original release
Release27 June 2001 (2001-06-27)

Beck – Hämndens pris (English: Beck – The Price of Vengeance) is a Swedish police film about Martin Beck, directed by Kjell Sundvall and released in June 2001.[1]

Plot

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It is night. A police car pulls over near a van with a flat tire on a desolate highway, where two young men are changing the tire. The police officers step out of the patrol car and offer their help. Suddenly, a third person gets out of the van. One of the officers reacts instantly - this man is a well known criminal, he understands he is recognized. He has also robbed a military camp ten minutes ago, and the van is loaded with explosives and assault rifles. The situation is tense. Later on, the two police officers are found shot dead in a way that looks like an execution. Martin Beck is working on the case and gets all resources he needs to get the unknown murderers. A hunt that gets complicated, because Martin's partner, Gunvald Larsson, was a close friend to one of the killed police officers and he is literally ready to use any methods to find the killer...

Cast

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Reception

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The film has been criticized for the similarities with the Murders at Malexander in 1999, but Rolf Börjlind has said that the draft of the film was finished in 1997.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Beck – Hämndens pris (2001)". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ Andersson, Christer (13 August 2008). "Visste du det här om Beck?" (in Swedish). TV4. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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