The Threat (2004) ( Hotet )

The Threat (2004) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hotet
Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Kjell Sundvall

Written By:
Karin Alvtegen-Lundberg
Ken Lindberg

Actors:
Shanti Roney ..... Lasse Brunell
Maria Bonnevie ..... Inger Brunell
Stefan Sauk ..... Maj. Christer Haglund
Dejan Cukic ..... Jacek
Axel Zuber ..... Niklas
Peter Franzén ..... Magnus
Göran Ragnerstam ..... Maj. Lundgren
Åsa Forsblad ..... Pia
Roland Hedlund ..... Morfar
Peter Haber ..... Rosin
Jack Klaff ..... McBready
Tomas Pontén ..... Försvarsministern
Antti Reini ..... Skoterman 1
Michael Dalager ..... Skoterman 2
Ida Wahlund ..... Malin

Synopsis:

At a secret airbase in northern Sweden, computer programmer Lasse Brunell (Shanti Roney) works on a defense system for the JAS Gripen fighter plane. When foreign military brass come for a demo, some baddies tell Brunell they'll start killing his family unless he helps steal the software. Both Brunell's wife, Inger (Maria Bonnevie), and a war veteran, Haglund (co-scripter Stefan Sauk), suspect something fishy. It turns out the villains' leader, Jacec (Dejan Cukic), has been Haglund's sworn enemy since the Bosnian War. Only Roney comes off well, as a non-violent man torn between patriotic duty and family love. Bonnevie just looks scared and Sauk plays Haglund as a macho cliche.

A programmer who's working with the secret EWS computer system at a military air force base is threaten by foreign agents, along with his family. His only chance of rescue seems to be the war veteran Haglund who is a leader of a special taskforce.

The Threat is standard action fare with aspirations to be a Swedish "Top Gun." Though pic has a bright pace and good flying sequences -- with Olof Johnson's widescreen lensing capturing the beauty of the harsh landscape -- all the important sequences take place on the ground, where the story is too thin to really hook auds. Latest outing by Kjell Sundvall ("The Hunters," "The Guy in the Grave Next Door") performed well but not outstandingly on February release.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 06 July, 2012.

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