Forget the plot line. This dark film kept me watching throughout, partly because of the genre and the setting - Finland. The use of American iconography within a dark European film noir style, including the slow plot makes this odd ball flic worth another appraisal. There are elements of black humour as well - particularly when our assassin steals an American open top car in Finland? and travels throughout that cold bleak winter landscape freezing his nuts off - and it is only at the end of the film when he accidentally discovers how to close the roof. I couldn't keep up with the subtitles, so assumed this was comedy. Like so many Scandinavian films are. The film is not available widely on DVD. I saw it on Channel 4 many years ago and then again on Czech TV last year. Worth another look.
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