Mastermind

In the beginning when I first saw "Innan frosten" I was very against these movies. Thought they would be to freaky for me because I get easily scared watching horror movies. But I got surprised and found myself like these movies. I think this movie was the most exciting movie of the ones that had been maid. You're so in the movie and you get so frustrated on the police because they don't know who the murderer is but you do. But in the beginning you don't have a clue about what has happened and what the connection are until they reveal it in the movie. It's psychological and you think the murderer is such a freak. You don't like him and that the police doesn't get a clue either. He is totally playing with their minds and that makes this movie so good and different comparing to the others. My legs couldn't stop shaking in the cinema. You follow the movie with excitement and you just want to catch the murderer. If you have to see one of the Wallander movies, watch this.

Thank God that I've seen this episode, otherwise I would spend all my life in ignorance, not knowing that Yugoslavian language was spoken in Yugoslavia and that we were overflown with Lothars, Paulinas and Kraftzcyks :D OK, it's just a TV show, it's not a lesson in general knowledge, but I'm sick and tired of all those mistakes considering former Yugoslav countries and now favorite villains - Serbs most of the time, and some Croat now and then. Please, before centering an episode or a whole movie around character from former Yugoslav countries, just google a bit. There were few "Paulina" (extremely rare name here, it's Polish in fact) but only Lothar was Matthaus while he was coaching our football team, and none of the Kraftzcyks (if this surname exists at all, even in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia)

The production quality of this movie is delightfully good to come from the Nordic countries, but the plot.. oh the plot! It is just not believable at all.

If you don't mind guessing all the time what happens and grinding your teeth because you think "even the Swedish police are not that stupid" this movie is good for you. If you don't mind repeated, very-convenient-for-the-bad-guy twists of fate, this movie is good for you. Your call.

Acting on the other hand was good, I guess - I didn't pay attention to it, and isn't that at least one sign of good acting?

I don't think I have seen such good Swedish action movie sense Livvakterna med Samuel Fröler. This movie has it all, action and intelligence.. Swedish people is not spoiled with good police movies. And Mikael Nykvist in a Wallander movie was a surprise. The Walander before Krister Henriksson with Rolf Lassgård was great and I was a little bit worried with Krister Henrisson in the roll as Kurt Walander. But he surprised me in Mastermind. Some of his other Walander movies was not as good as this Masterind. Now its time to look at the next Wallander in the series. But Mastermind I recommend. So go and buy this great movie (Roger)

I've watched all of the Wallander movies available now, and this one was by far the most well done movie. It's the second Wallander movie based on Henning Mankell to be shown in the theaters, and I first I found 'Innan Frosten' to be the best movie (1st one in theaters) but this 'Mastermind' was so exciting and well done, it didn't really feel like watching a Swedish movie, it was a bit more exotic. I'm not going to go in on the movie synopsis too much, but this one takes a few twists that were very welcome, to break that predictable chain we usually see in Swedish action/cop movies. I can recommend it to anyone who wants a good movie to watch on a Friday night, 9/10.