The Threat (2004)
"Hotet" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Kjell Sundvall

Writers:

Karin Alvtegen-Lundberg, Martin Cronström,

Stars:

Shanti Roney, Maria Bonnevie, Stefan Sauk

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shanti Roney	...	Lasse Brudell
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	...	Minister of Defence
Antti Reini	...	Skoterman 1
Mike Dalager	...	Skoterman 2 (as Michael Dalager)
Ida Wahlund	...	Malin

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

agent | military | violence

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [se]

Country:

Sweden Finland

Language:

Swedish English Danish

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Eiskalte Bedrohung

Filming Locations:

Europa Studios, Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Breidablick Film AB, Cinema Art, Europa Post Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The aircraft-scenes were filmed with six JAS-39 Gripen fighters, four helicopters and a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

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Goofs

The monitoring guard at the air force base is shown to have the rank of "furir" (sergeant) on his shoulder patches, though his nametag clearly displays the shortening "Fk" which stands for "fanrik" (2nd lieutenant).

User Reviews

Entertaining

As an employee of the Swedish Air Force I enjoyed the nice Gripen and Hkp 9 (MBB Bo 105) flight scenes in this movie. One of the few disappointments was the EWS 39 jammer pod, in this case an inert Rb 75 (Maverick) missile painted black with the letters "EWS 39" in white along the side. Real jammer pods definitely do not look like that, at least not the ones I've seen.

But apart from that, it's an entertaining movie with a very amusing ending (the last minute). Anyone interested in seeing various Swedish military units, including the now-legendary SSG, on film should see this one.