Easy Money II: Hard To Kill (2012)

Director:
Babak Najafi
Starring:
Joel Kinnaman, Dragomir Mrsic, Matias Varela, Fares Fares, Madeleine Martin, Dejan Cukic, Lisa Henni
Genre:
Nordic Noir / Crime / Action
Rating:
The escape from the past is never free.

In 2010, the film "Easy Money" (Snabba Cash) was a massive success, breaking DVD rental records, receiving international acclaim, and winning three Guldbagge awards. Now comes the sequel "Easy Money II: Hard To Kill", where we reunite with JW—the once-promising, money-hungry business student who longed to shine in the inner circles of Stureplan.

JW is currently serving four years at Norrtälje prison, where he has diligently, over several years, developed a business idea: a stock market trading product. However, his idea is stolen by "daddy's boy Nippe." Desperate, JW is lured back into a criminal web by Mrado—the man from his violent past. After three years in exile, we also encounter cocaine king Jorge Salinas from Sollentuna. He is back to make a quick cocaine deal, but things go horribly wrong! Young, beautiful Nadja saves his life! Meanwhile, we meet the struggling guard Mahmoud, who has involuntarily and unfortunately allowed two women to escape from the Yugoslavian boss Radovan's "stable." Now Mahmoud is being squeezed for 300,000 SEK on short notice, pressured into committing acts he does not wish to perform.

A raw, blood-stained, well-crafted, and well-acted sequel.

Reviewed by Iva (August 2012)

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