Babak Najafi directs the second instalment of this gritty Swedish crime thriller based on the novels by Jens Lapidus. After serving three years for drug trafficking in Norrtälje Prison, former cash-hungry business student Johan (Joel Kinnaman) is determined to get his life back on track. But that all changes with the arrival in prison of Mrado Slovovic (Dragomir Mrsic), a Serbian mafia member whose big time drug deal with Johan failed due to the involvement of Johan's friend and local coke dealer Jorge (Matias Varela). Now out on day-release, Johan's only chance of returning to a normal life rests in seeking out his former friend and forcing him to give back the mafia's money. Unfortunately for Johan, however, he's not the only one looking for Jorge.
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Snabba Cash Trilogy Is Awesome
Much like 'The Girl' Trilogy, Snabba Cash builds on a storyline to conclusion and misses nothing in between. Great characters, convincing storyline with some realistic criminal drama set in Sweden. A classic to be watched over and over. Jorge Salinas is my hero.
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Subtitles? No Problem!
Nothing negative with this Film. I usually get a bit bored with subtitles but this was excellent!
O**A
Love this film!
Amazing movie. Super acting. Just as good as the first.
J**E
Five Stars
Great series
M**S
Great. Thanks
See all 3 films in the series! Great. Thanks.
V**E
great film
interesting and exciting
A**R
Five Stars
Great Movie***
B**R
BrownPolar Verdict
Watching the second instalment of ‘Easy Money’ is essential to truly appreciate what a stunning achievement this critically undervalued, crime drama is. It is not just another gangster flick of the Hollywood kind that commercially exploits the caricatured glamour of criminality. Instead, the story at its core is an exemplary parable about greed and its consequences, not just within the criminal underworld, but right across the society, all the way up to the upper echelons. All good movies come from a good tale, and in this case, that is an intelligently insightful series of books by Jens Lapidus. Well researched and written, these novels are an unflinchingly provocative exploration of the evil of money. They portray perfectly rounded characters, who are all driven by their hunger for success, and understandably so in a world propelled by avarice. This underpinning theme is beautifully distilled into what Nippe tells JW when confronted about stealing a business invention in ’Easy Money II’: “What you want can’t be bought. Class: that’s what this is all about. Class is something you are born with, something you live and breathe.”Cinematically, ‘Easy Money’ is groundbreaking in its narrative style: an elegant and efficient benchmark in contemporary storytelling, that does not waste a single frame, a single line of dialogue, a single nuance of performance, nor a single sound, in delivering a spellbinding, deeply satisfying and haunting movie experience. The performances are exquisite all round, and the characterisations are so well grounded in realism that they instantly command our empathy, no matter how vile their behaviour is. Dragomir Mrsic as Mrado is simply unforgettable, while Joel Kinnaman’s JW, the central protagonist, effortlessly and convincingly provides the interface between the rich and the poor in a deeply fragmented society.Despite being directed by Babak Najafi, the narrative style of ‘Snabba Cash II’ remains seamlessly the same as that of ‘Snabba Cash’, thanks to Daniel Espinosa, the director of the first, continuing to oversee the remaining instalments as an executive producer. An admirable device in montage that I have noticed in these films and never before is an inter-cutting between two sequences. Brief scenes from the ensuing is interspersed into the present, or vice versa, making the suspense even more intense, an effective tool that we might see more often in the future.
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