(Sökarna)

Wow. This really is a lousy movie. There is not one single instance in this film where it doesn't feel like a comedy trying to pull itself off as a thriller. And we know what happens then, don't we? Complete with 2D-characters and single-minded acting, some grotesque details and stupid dialogue, "Sökarna" slithers at the bottom of the heap of bad Swedish movies. Looking back at this film feels like looking back towards the end of a very long tunnel - even though it was made as late as '92.

Well...I hear of a sequel. And unless the guy with the skinned fox on his shoulder (yes, you heard me) is in it, I won't go see it.

The director has managed to get a precise picture of the hard knock Stockholm suburban life. The script, which is based on an Astrid Lindgren classic, is catchy, funny and mind blowing. The most familiar and loved actors of Sweden have been brought together in this modern classic, in a Ocean Eleven fashion.

The movie starts us of in a high speed chase on foot, and straight away we want to know more about this ruffian. the following scenes really have some pretty and heart breaking moments that leaves no human being untouched. I had to stop the movie and dry my tears from time to time.

This movie is not appropriate for kids(23 and under), I still have nightmares and must visit a shrink to keep me calm. I specially remember one scene that gives me the chills........I can only say one thing. A man....and a dead fox!!

Stockholm has a major problem with drugs. And everybody is invited. 2 grams of heroin cost less than a pack of Marlboro. So of course every kid run around with chemicals in their veins.

In 1993 we had movies like the very sad Schindler's List, the funny Groundhog Day and if we combine these modern classics we get......you know what......Sökarna!! See it, to believe it!!!

The first thing we should realize here is that I have judged this movie not by how professional the actors are or how good the filming is, but for the general feeling this movie gives you.

If you grew up in Sweden in the eighties or nineties you WILL recognize a lot of details in this movie. The script may not be to good written, but the movie has a very clear message to send to the viewers.

This movie is really fun to watch everytime just because of the funny quotes that are made in the movie. Really stereotype characters and extremely violent, but in some way interesting to see how this young director want to display the life in the suburbs of a swedish major city.

Love it or Hate it. Compare it with "Boyz in the Hood" if you'd like

The directors of this film has just taken an easy story and made the best out of it and i must surely say that they succeeded. They have taken parts of their one experiences as teen hoodlums and let an old friend of theirs (Liam Norberg) play the main character Jocke. Jocke is a young man with a hard childhood who has grown as a young criminal. He and his friends are stealing, beating up peoples and do drugs. After a failed atempt to burglary Jocke gets thrown in jail where e meets Tony an invereate gangster. As they get togheter heavier crimes and drugs enter Jockes life. This is a fun film to watch looking all the celebrities and humoristic charachters and comments. One more thing thats quite intresting is that a few weeks before the film entered the big screen Liam Norberg was framed for Swedens biggest bankrobbery. But if the directors got help with the script of Liam i don´t know. I do suggest everyone to see it eventhough it was made a few years ago it´s still going strong!

this is a exellent film to watch a rainy night with your friends.. their old Stockholm ghetto talk is really something! I really recomend this film too all the swedish IMDB members out there!

ghetto talk: "kom igen vi shappar"

"biga pengar"

"vi slaggar här ikväll"

"va fan vill du??....fitta!