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Gunvald Larsson as played by Mikael Persbrant. |
The story begins with the discovery of young women’s charred
remains. The Swedish Security Services (SAPO) is in charge of the case. SAPO discover that Gunvald had met up with
the dead woman the same day as she was killed and that there was an
international police warrant out for her arrest. She was a known member of an
environmental organisation who carries out terrorist action against selected
targets worldwide. SAPO inform Beck that his top detective is suspected of
being involved in the woman’s murder but Beck needs to keep Gunvald free to
investigate both the killing and to discover the intended target. A race
against time ensues.
Yes it does come over like a made for TV movie, and yes it
has a similar formulaic approach as other Scandinavian neo noir crime drama but
in fairness that’s not a bad thing. It’s an exciting drama with some decent set
pieces and a charismatic leading actor in Mikael Persbrant. Perhaps in due
course we may see episodes of Beck on British TV?
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