Storm (2005)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

And also a wonderful beginning, a real quick start. It keeps you yearning and waiting for is about to come. Unfortunately the high adrenaline dries off quickly, but most certainly after half the movie is over.And it's a shame, because this movie has really good ideas and explores many of them thoroughly. But that is also one of it's faults. By exploring too many things, it get's mixed up into to many things, so in the end you're too confused to follow any plot or characters. It's very dark and moody, but that doesn't help much, if it's also genre hopping just to try to fit any- and everything in it's story!

I was absolutely amazed by what I saw on the screen for such a modestly budgeted film. The directing team of Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein did an exceptional job with this visually exciting piece. It is disguised as an action/thriller (as the trailer would suggest), but gradually evolves into something different, a multi-layered and intellectually-driven dramatic plot. We follow the story of a troubled young man, DD, who is brilliantly played by actor Eric Ericson. He's on the run from police after some great action sequences, but the movie really gets intriguing when DD is forced to confront his somewhat checkered past. The story was fun, the visuals were great, and there were enough plot twists to keep it compelling throughout. I really loved this film, and think it's the best movie of the year thus far. I strongly recommend it to everyone.

After seeing this film, my first reaction was, "Why doesn't this movie have US distribution?" I was extremely impressed with everything about it. I'm shocked there is no US distributor in place, unless something is currently in the works. Compelling story, fun plot twist, good acting - this is a thinking man's film. It is also ripe to be remade as an American film - it could have an extremely wide American audience, and it is a move star vehicle, as DD would make a great role for the top American male actors. Marlind & Stein have an incredible little film here, and the work they did with such a modest budget is a huge testament to their directing chops. One of my favorite films this year.

I just got home from the world premiere of this movie, and this is the first time I have seen a Swedish action movie with sci-fi elements that does not come off as quaint or just outright bad. This is a very smart movie that, while all you see is not fully explained, the right things are, and it manages to weave different parts of the story together quite nicely.There is realism and depth (and pain!) in the psychological side of the movie, and I particularly like how the characters evolve over time - the storytelling technique works very well.I also like Jonas Karlsson's acting - his character could easily have become cliché or cheesy (there is something with Swedish that just isn't as cool as English, when doing this type of movie), but he avoids these traps and pulls it off with class. In general the acting, in its genre, is better than most Swedish movies that try to be this cool. Because Storm is cool.I heard this movie being put forward as a "Swedish Matrix", and while the two movies differ quite a lot, and the Matrix obviously had a much bigger budget, the comparison is not completely unwarranted since they both tell parallel stories in clever ways and play with our perception of what a normal life is. Storm tells its tale on a much more personal scale, and it does it excellently.