At Point Blank
Encyclopedia
At Point Blank is a 2003 Swedish action film. It stars Mikael Persbrandt
, Stina Ekblad
, Sofia Helin
and Peter Franzén
.
. The police investigation is led by 33-year-old chief inspector Klara (Sofia Helin
) and Greger Krona (Stefan Sauk
) who are led to the source, with a fatal exit.
Klara, a chief inspector of the Stockholm robbery commission, is in love in Frank (Mikael Persbrandt
), a surgeon for Doctors Without Borders. The story opens during a bank robbery unlike any in Swedish history, carried out with military professionalism.
The thieves disappear with the money, and their escape car is found burning in a forest. Heavily-armed police surround the forest. Suddenly, one of the robbers starts shooting a police helicopter searching the forest, providing cover for the robbers so they have time to escape.
Klara and her colleague, Krona soon realize that they are not dealing with ordinary bank robbers. The thieves have information on bank delivery times, police work, safety, and their behavior is extreme. The hunt is intense, the villains' methods becoming frighteningly more sophisticated.
Mikael Persbrandt
Mikael Åke Persbrandt is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films he usually has lead roles and “tough guy” parts. He is perhaps most famous for his recurring role as the no-nonsense police officer Gunvald Larsson in the latest installment of the Martin Beck movies...
, Stina Ekblad
Stina Ekblad
Stina Ekblad ) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.Ekblad was born in the Ostrobothnian village of Solf in...
, Sofia Helin
Sofia Helin
Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin is a Swedish actress best known for the Guldbagge nomination she got for her role in Dalecarlians ....
and Peter Franzén
Peter Franzen
Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
.
Plot
The film involves a skillful team of professional thieves who hit several banks in StockholmStockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The police investigation is led by 33-year-old chief inspector Klara (Sofia Helin
Sofia Helin
Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin is a Swedish actress best known for the Guldbagge nomination she got for her role in Dalecarlians ....
) and Greger Krona (Stefan Sauk
Stefan Sauk
Stefan Sauk is a Swedish actor and comedian, born on June 6, 1955, in Stockholm.Sauk has not only worked in films, he has also worked a lot on television...
) who are led to the source, with a fatal exit.
Klara, a chief inspector of the Stockholm robbery commission, is in love in Frank (Mikael Persbrandt
Mikael Persbrandt
Mikael Åke Persbrandt is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films he usually has lead roles and “tough guy” parts. He is perhaps most famous for his recurring role as the no-nonsense police officer Gunvald Larsson in the latest installment of the Martin Beck movies...
), a surgeon for Doctors Without Borders. The story opens during a bank robbery unlike any in Swedish history, carried out with military professionalism.
The thieves disappear with the money, and their escape car is found burning in a forest. Heavily-armed police surround the forest. Suddenly, one of the robbers starts shooting a police helicopter searching the forest, providing cover for the robbers so they have time to escape.
Klara and her colleague, Krona soon realize that they are not dealing with ordinary bank robbers. The thieves have information on bank delivery times, police work, safety, and their behavior is extreme. The hunt is intense, the villains' methods becoming frighteningly more sophisticated.
Cast
- Mikael PersbrandtMikael PersbrandtMikael Åke Persbrandt is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films he usually has lead roles and “tough guy” parts. He is perhaps most famous for his recurring role as the no-nonsense police officer Gunvald Larsson in the latest installment of the Martin Beck movies...
as Frank - Sofia HelinSofia HelinSofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin is a Swedish actress best known for the Guldbagge nomination she got for her role in Dalecarlians ....
as Klara - Stefan SaukStefan SaukStefan Sauk is a Swedish actor and comedian, born on June 6, 1955, in Stockholm.Sauk has not only worked in films, he has also worked a lot on television...
as Greger Krona - Stina EkbladStina EkbladStina Ekblad ) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.Ekblad was born in the Ostrobothnian village of Solf in...
as Marianne - Peter FranzénPeter FranzenPeter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
as Juha/Jarkko - Jarmo MäkinenJarmo MäkinenJarmo Mäkinen is a Finnish actor.Mäkinen began acting in 1989 on television working consistently throughout the 1990s appearing in several films and TV series mostly notably in Vita lögner which he starred in 27 episodes in 1999...
- Raimo - Steve Aalam - as Tommy
- Stina Zacco - as Eva
- Stig Engström - as Ingmar Hjälm
- Irma Schultz - as Jeanette Hjälm
- Simon Averin-Markström - as Johan Hjälm
- Jens Hultén - Response Force officer, Mattsson