Everyone has heard and very likely knows about the Stockholm Syndrome ... but I doubt half of us know (or rather knew, if you have watched this) the story behind it. We know what it means, but it is more than interesting to see how things played out ... with the very first case.
And it has quite the great group of people assembled! Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace being the best known. But there are others you may recognize (either from tv shows or other movies). And they really do what they are supposed to. I imagine they heightened certain things for effect, but most probably will have gone down like this. And it is amazing what a bruised ego and a determined mine are capable of. You may find yourself rooting for ... a supposed bad guy yourself in the end ... funny and serious, but the right amount! Still not everyones cup of tea.
Stockholm
2018
Action / Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama / History
Stockholm
2018
Action / Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama / History
Plot summary
A semi-fictional account, including most of the names of the players being changed, of the event that resulted in the creation of the term Stockholm Syndrome to describe people who feel empathy and sometimes more for their captor(s) is presented. In 1973, a lone armed man, thought to be American, storms the downtown Stockholm branch of Kreditbanken. Ultimately the authorities, led by Chief of Police Mattsson learn of his at-gunpoint demand: $1 million US, the release of convicted bank robber and murderer Gunnar Sorensson, and a Mustang Boss 302 like the one Steve McQueen drove in Bullitt (1968) as a getaway vehicle for the two of them. By the time Mattsson gets Sorensson to the bank - unknown to the gunman, who is thought to be well known robber Kaj Hansson, Sorenson having made a plea deal with Mattsson for his cooperation against the gunman - there are three hostages at the bank, all the others that were in the bank at the time let go. Arguably the most lucid of the three is bank clerk Bianca Lind, a wife and mother of two preschool aged children. Ultimately she is able to figure out that the gunman is not Hansson as Mattsson suspects, but rather Lars Nystrom, what she knowing of his past crimes chief being his humane treatment of people he held at gunpoint. Beyond what Sorensson decides to do with his ultimate goal not to go back to prison, what happens largely depends on Lind, who begins to trust Nystrom more than either Mattsson or Prime Minister Olof Palme whose actions and decisions she believes from what she can see are more of a potential physical detriment to her and her fellow two hostages than that of Nystrom.
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It's the syndrome
Offbeat and enjoyable comic thriller
Inspired from a real-life incident from 1973. Bank teller Bianca Lind Ia fine and appealing portrayal by Noomi Rapace) falls for crazy American outlaw Lars Nystorm (an excellent and engaging performance by Ethan Hawke),who takes several people hostage at a bank in Stockholm, Sweden.
Writer/director Robert Brudreau relates the entertainingly off-the-wall story at a constant pace, maintains an amiably breezy tone throughout, elicits plenty of laughs from an amusing sense of quirky dark humor, and generates a good deal of tension. Hawke and Rapace strike up a nice chemistry in the lead roles; they receive sturdy support from Mark Strong as Nystorm's more sensible partner Gunnar Sorensson, Christopher Heyerdahl as the no-nonsense Chief Masterson, Bea Santos as the antsy Klara Mardh, and Ian Matthews as the gruff Detective Halsten Vinter. A really cool flick.
a different playbook
It's 1973 Stockholm. Lars Nystrom (Ethan Hawke) barges into a bank with a machine gun and a healthy dose of American machismo. He takes everyone hostage and demands the release of criminal Gunnar Sorensson (Mark Strong). Bank clerk Bianca Lind (Noomi Rapace) pushes the alarm. Police Chief Mattsson (Christopher Heyerdahl) leads the negotiation. The incident would give rise to the term, 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
This is a great cast. The premise holds good potential and fascinating interest. Despite being in Stockholm, this is actually a Canadian production. There are similarities but this is very much an English interpretation with a couple of famous Swedish faces. I don't really get the pretending or the police action. I have to put it down to a lack of sophistication dealing with this type of crime in Sweden during that time. At least, it's different. It gets so weird that some of it is a bit funny. These are a different breed of cops and robbers.