Review by gridoon2025

This is the third entry in the Finnish "Inspector Palmu" film series, and the title character feels almost relegated to a supporting role (his assistant in the first two films has been promoted as his superior). Besides, the actor himself, Joel Rinne, looks tired as well. The most notable of the "new" characters is an obvious Hitler caricature, infamous "mustache" included. The only real spark in the movie comes from a voluptuous young girl - but she appears in two scenes only. The three detectives take so long to solve the not-particularly-puzzling case that the film becomes more of a chore than a pleasure; the fact that we never even meet the murder victim makes it even less worth the trouble. ** out of 4.