Vares - Yksityisetsivä (2004)

Director:

Aleksi Mäkelä

Writers:

Pekka Lehtosaari (writer)
Reijo Mäki (novel)

Release Date:

23 July 2004 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Private Detective | Police | Local Blockbuster | Hitman | Kumdo

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Juha Veijonen	...	Jussi Valtteri Vares
Laura Malmivaara	...	Eeva Sunila
Jari Halonen	...	Karl E. Miesmann
Markku Peltola	...	Luusalmi
Jorma Tommila	...	Antero Kraft
Minna Turunen	...	Ifigenia Multanen
Samuli Edelmann	...	Mikko Koitere
Pekka Valkeejärvi	...	Jari 'Hillosilmä' Munck
Kari Hietalahti	...	Tetsuo Sinkkonen
Jasper Pääkkönen	...	Jarmo
Santeri Kinnunen	...	Touko Reiman
Heli Sutela	...	Liisa, Eevan ystävä
Georges Copeloussis	...	Gennadi Antipov
Mihail Jegorenkov	...	Sergei
Viktor Drevitski	...	Juri

Also Known As:

Vares (Finland) (short title)
Vares: Private Eye (International: English title)

Runtime:

Finland:95 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Company:

Solar Films

Trivia:

The news reporter who reports about the couple's escape on the TV in Vares' house is a real news reporter in Finland's channel 4 (Nelonen).

Movie Connections:

References "The Young and the Restless" (1973)

Soundtrack:

Tulta pelkäsin

A detective story- finish style!

Aleksi Mäkelä, the director of excellent Häjyt and Pahat pojat, offers us an hour and a half of great and stylish entertainment. The title character Vares (Juha Veijonen) is a finish detective who sets out to help a woman named Eeva (Laura Malmivaara)in her dangerous pursuit for Russian mobs money. Based on the book of finish novelist Reijo Mäki, this movie really boasts on great characters. Vares himself is a good guy, mostly hanging in his favourite pub with his boozing buddy Luusalmi (Markku peltola) in his spare time. A Mäkelä regular Samuli Edelmann portraits a tough cop working on both sides of the law. Then there's the hilarious killer duo Hillosilmä- Munck and Tetsuo Sinkkonen played by Pekka Valkeejärvi and Kari Hietalahti. Director Jari Halonen is surely one the most devilish criminal in finish movie history as lurid Karl E. Miesmann. Good supporting cast also include Minna Turunen, Jorma Tommila and Santeri Kinnunen. Not just a detective story, but also a black comedy and good old fashioned action movie as well this one's probably the finest pop-culture movie made in Finland in 2004. Good work, keep on rockin' guys!