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      Jagarna

      1996 1h 45m Drama List
      Reviews 72% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Inner-city policeman Erik (Rolf Lassgård) leaves his long-time post in Stockholm to join the force in the rural town where he grew up. After moving in with his adult brother, Leif (Lennart Jähkel), Erik hears news of a wave of violence against local farmers -- and the mass theft and slaughter of valuable reindeer herds. As Erik launches a one-man investigation, he faces police corruption and a vicious group of thugs whose scare tactics have brought the town under their control. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Audience Member Probably Kjell Sundvall's most known film. We are in Northern Sweden, close to Finland and Norway. A Stockholm cop returns home to a small community. People got major hillbilly vibes as they drink at the pub just as much as they shoot deer in the woods. When some organized poaching gets big the police is also involved. When murders and rapings comes along as well things get major and our cop tries to save the day. This is Northern noire and a pretty good one. The lightning is great and the story is both rewarding and constantly moving as it's opening up. A character study and well acted film by especially Rolf Lassgård and Lennart Jähkel. Good film but never something really special. It's very safe but it works out well. 7 out of 10 operas. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best swedish thriller movies i've ever seen..! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member In Sweden we have an abundance of investigative crime-thrillers, but "Jägarna" or "The Hunters" Directed by Kjell Sundvall qualifies as one of the best. Although it was released about one month prior to Fargo you could almost call it the Swedish counterpart. Not that the two stories closely resembles each other when looking at the big picture. The similarities is in terms of tone, basic concept and the way the film makes hilarious fun of locals in a desolate area. After recovering from taking a bullet, in the line of duty as a police officer, Erik played Rolf Lassgård returns from the capital Stockholm to the small desolate Norrland's town where he grew up, located in one of the most northern parts of Sweden and there he attends his fathers funeral. Being shot has prompted Erik to start working as a police officer in Norrland and he moves in with his brother Leif played by Lennart Jähkel, in a house that they both inherit from their father. The first assignment Erik gets is to solve a series of organized deer and Elk poaching cases, but he soon remembers how difficult and unpopular it can be to perform investigations in a town where everyone knows each other, and as the investigation moves forward the poachers gets increasingly pressured which causes the situation to spiral out of control. Director Kjell Sundvall hasn't been at all afraid that his target audience will be turned of by violence, graphic scenes or how honest he is when depicting the amount of racism that runs rampant in some parts of the country. Deer poaching was and still is a large problem in Sweden since a lot of these deers belong to and help make a living for an ethnic minority of natives called Sami people. Adressing a real issue and not being afraid to take it one step further is part of what makes this film better than most other Swedish films in the genre. Rolf Lassgård delivers a good performance as the main protagonist, Erik, but the best performance of the film comes from Lennart Jähkel in the role as Erik's brother, Leif. All smaller performances comes from locals of Norrland so the dialect is always spot on. The only major problem with the film is the main female character, a prosecutor named Anna played by Helena Bergström. The problem has nothing to do with her performance, but with the fact that the character seems to have been squeezed into the story without any purpose, just for the sake of having a female character, apart from that "Jägarna" is a very inventive, violent and capturing crime-thriller. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Petite virà (C)e chez les rednecks Suà (C)dois (je prà (C)fère à la tà (C)là (C) que dans la vraie vie) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A good Thriller centering on a hunting environment in northern Sweden. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Rednecks in northern Sweden...need I say more? A classic. Highly recommended! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Inner-city policeman Erik (Rolf Lassgård) leaves his long-time post in Stockholm to join the force in the rural town where he grew up. After moving in with his adult brother, Leif (Lennart Jähkel), Erik hears news of a wave of violence against local farmers -- and the mass theft and slaughter of valuable reindeer herds. As Erik launches a one-man investigation, he faces police corruption and a vicious group of thugs whose scare tactics have brought the town under their control.
      Director
      Kjell Sundvall
      Producer
      Gunnar Bergström
      Screenwriter
      Björn Carlström, Kjell Sundvall
      Production Co
      TV4 Sweden, FilmTeknik, TV1000 AB, FilmhusAteljeerna AB
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Swedish
      Runtime
      1h 45m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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