dy158 Sellburg is the new chief of Europol (the European Union police force). In his first press conference to the media in the headquarters in The Hague, Holland, he put a tough stance on what he thinks is terrorising Europe - organised crimes.Meanwhile in London, Rebecca accidentally found a letter which was being addressed to her boyfriend Kane. When she realises that he could be involved in shady deals, she decided to contact Europol about this. But Kane found out and wanted to kill her, which eventually left him injured and admitted to the hospital instead. It was there Rebecca saw the news from the television about what the new chief of Europol is setting out to do.In Sweden, former detective Johan Falk saw the news of his former colleague addressing the media in The Hague. He had received word from Sellburg to be part of his team. So he and his family set out for The Hague to meet him.Back in London, once the British police had managed to track down of Kane's upcoming activities, they informed Rebecca about it as she had wanted to know what is her boyfriend really up to. But what she never realised is that his boyfriend's men is tracing her move to meet the new Europol chief in Holland.And it was there, everyone's lives intertwined together. A plot to terrorise the entire European continent, and who will be the one to save the day? I usually don't watch these kind of films, but then I gave it a try when it was on the TV here. It's definitely suspenseful, almost to the end of it.

hartmutw My summary says it all: I accidentally switched to that movie on TV and got intrigued by the sinister atmosphere and some compelling characters.However, the movie loses much of its drive, ambition and suspense in the chaotic and over-the-top showdown, where literally everybody gets randomly shot and a clear plot is not in sight anymore. In addition, the violent demos that serve as a welcome excuse for chaos never would happen that heavily in any Western European city - pure science-fiction. One of the weakest showdowns I have seen in a while, which is a shame for such a great beginning.

justusdallmer The movie takes "organized crime" as topic and is very up to date. If you read Jean Ziegler's book (published 1998 in Geneva - I don't know the original or the English title), you know what the film is talking about. It is about the modern form of economics, the modern way to make money: by stealing taxes, using capital markets, tax havens, private police forces... the main "Baddie" studied at the London School of Economics. Obviously it was there where he learnt to make money by stealing power from the people or democratic governments, using corrupt banks and secret accounts.The film uses the struggle of grassroots movements and NGO's as a background: the end of the film takes part WITHIN a demonstration against globalization, which takes place in Munich, the city of the REAL annual "NATO Security Conference" - annual demonstrations included. While the movie describes properly the mechanism of the modern capital markets - organized crime being a regular part of them - the Munich demonstrations are not shown correctly. I live nearby and watch them each year. There is much more police, which is armed heavier, and which is the only violent force on the streets, always being able to suppress any non-peaceful protest. Violent protest, as shown in the film, is not possible in Munich. During the Nato Conference, Munich seems to be a totalitarian Banana Republic. And there is absolutely no way to get near the conference hotels, if you are not invited. Believe me, the demonstrators try it each year...But the capital markets are not affected. What the film is not telling you - as it is first and foremost an action movie: the problem are not certain human beings, who are criminals: the problem is the structure of the system (capital markets), which allows criminal behavior - which even DEMANDS criminal behavior to be successful. In this system you have to choose between having success or having moral values.

opuschen The first movies in this series all had a focus in Sweden, and in Swedish culture. This last instalment leaves the Swedish focus, and makes it in to a European thriller instead. While this can lay a basis for a far greater funding, it also makes the film less appealing to Swedish viewers, in that it sets it self up for comparison with other movies with far greater funding, for instance the Bourne Identity. I am sad to say that the story is confusing, the audience laughed quite often when there obviously was no humour involved. And, worst of all, around me people fell to sleep. And this was during a quite loud action movie. If you really want to see a good Swedish movie, see `Smala Sussi', or `Ondskan', better still, see both. Keep away from this movie until you can see it for free on TV.