To me, this movie is perfection.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

This four part 'Wallander' story features Rolf Lassgard as the Ystad detective. Having returned home from a holiday with his father he is told about a missing person; he drives out to the man's remote house and makes a grizzly discovery; the man is found impaled an bamboo spikes. In an apparently separate case there is a break in at a florists; nothing has been stolen though and the assistant says that the owner is out of the country studying orchids; it isn't considered a major crime until he too turns up dead; strung up in the woods having been brutally killed. As the investigation continues it becomes apparent that somebody he killing men they believe either killed or abused women. Before the case is over Kurt will suffer a personal tragedy and one of his team will be shot!I had seen the BBC version of this story but that lacks the depth of this version as it is much shorter. This version almost has the feel of a horror movie at times with its use of hand held 'shaky-cams' and very image; I found that this suited the gruesome subject matter although it does get too shaky at one point. Once again Rolf Lassgard does a great job as Wallander. The story is well told and the killer isn't a total monster; in fact when we learn what happened to cause her to start killing one can't help but be sympathetic even though her actions are clearly wrong.

i've seen many of this series, even the British one. i used to appreciate and enjoy the whole series, but sadly speaking, i have to disagree with the other three reviewers' high praises of this one. i actually consider this is the worst segment of all the series. why? because since the first frame showed up, i immediately found out that the editing got seriously problem. it's so random, like it was edited by a guy either drunk or high on drugs, so he edited without any logic, so the film's progress seemed to be jumping around very irrationally. the shaky camera also made the viewing more difficult to comprehend, the dialog is also very sporadically random. i got the same uncomfortable experience like watching another nightmarish Scandinavian movie, "dancer in the dark". when i finished watching that particular movie, the dizziness of my brain and the fuzziness of my eyesight needed several days to become normal again. this one, unfortunately has brought back the similar bad memory.

I saw this TV-movie in swedish television and was simply knocked off my feet. The TV-drama was even better than the book. The greatest actor in this drama was Anki Lidén who played the part of the killer. Her acting left me breathless and she left me almost feeling sorry for the killer Yvonne Ander in the end. I felt I could understand the motives for the murders she committed. Anki Lidén managed to bring so many parts of Yvonne Ander to life including both compassion, warmth, commitment and the brutality she possessed. Added up with the scenes showing her childhood one understood why she decided to take revenge on men who assaulted and even had killed their wives and girlfriends.

I saw this movie as a two-part mini-series on German television in a dubbed version. The works of Henning Mankell, author of the original novel, had been recommended to me. So although I expected something above the average TV stuff, this really knocked me off my feet! The story is excellent and provides lots of unexpected twists and turns, and casting and acting are just plain beautiful. This goes especially for the villain. One has got to get used to the camera work here, it resembles the hand-camera style of the Dogma series. I should perhaps note that this is a film about violence against women, and it's done in a way women should like. Don't miss this one!