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Wallander: The Revenge

2009 · 93 min

A brooding, quietly tense Scandinavian police procedural that trades action for atmosphere and a weary detective's slow unraveling.

Directed by
Charlotte Brändström
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Sverrir Gudnason
Overview
Kurt Wallander has bought a dream house by the sea, but his peace and quiet is soon shattered when a man is murdered and an explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city.

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Directed by
Charlotte Brändström
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Sverrir Gudnason
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • justice
  • corruption
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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