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Antti Reini | ... | Jussi Vares |
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Matti Onnismaa | ... | Pastori Alanen |
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Eppu Salminen | ... | Juhani Luusalmi |
| Jasper Pääkkönen | ... | Kyypakkaus | |
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Mikko Leppilampi | ... | Ruuhio |
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Anu Sinisalo | ... | Laila |
| Ville Virtanen | ... | Arto Ronimus | |
| Mikko Nousiainen | ... | Lahtipoika | |
| Maria Järvenhelmi | ... | Anna Huttunen | |
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Svante Martin | ... | Paavo Keinonen |
| Outi Mäenpää | ... | Asta Malmstén | |
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Johanna Kerttula | ... | Riitta Vuorela |
| Iina Kuustonen | ... | Tuikku Sylvin | |
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Ilkka Heiskanen | ... | Komisario Markku Hautavainio |
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Rea Mauranen | ... | Riihimäki |
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A young student is found stabbed, and her family hires Vares to investigate the case.
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6 January 2011 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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The Scandinavian "Mystery" genre is amazing. There are astonishingly good series that come out of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. "Private Eye Vares" is one of them. And it is one of the best. A number of "movies" in this series were made starting in 2011 (they're hard to find on IMDb; look for them under lead actor Antti Reini; someone else played Vares prior to Reini -- I've not seen those). A new movie is in the works, apparently, as I write this in 2014.
These are very, very noir, very hard-boiled, down to the Sam Spade-like voice-over in first-person narrative (is it me? I could listen to the sound of Antti Reini's voice endlessly -- although I don't understand a word of Finnish). It's a modern-day Dashiell Hammett. But there is also a lot of humor here, and the humor translates well for the English-speaking audience. There's really nothing more fun to watch than Antti Reini as Jussi Vares. But let's not stop there, all the actors -- all the characters -- are wonderful. Jussi's band of brothers includes a former pastor who now owns a bookstore (Pastori Alanen, played by Matti Onnismaa), a writer of bad fiction novels (Juhani Luusalmi, played by Eppu Salminen), a tabloid journalist (Ruuhio, played by Mikko Leppilampi), and a police homicide investigator (Komisario Markku Hautavainio, played by Ilkka Heiskanen). They're mostly a group of adorable, loyal, well-meaning, and clever, if scuzzy, drunks. I especially enjoy Inspector Hautavainio.
Other equally captivating characters come and go... like Anna (played by Maria Järvenhelmi), she's Jussi's neighbor -- a taxi driver by day, a pole dancer at night. And let's not forget "Antidote" (played by the wonderful Jasper Pääkkönen) -- who seems like a creepy, small-time crook, but is still sympathetically appealing.. and maybe not as bad as he seems.
The stories are complicated, challenging, and often surprising. I'll be up front that they can be quite violent. But Reini is so endearing as the lead character, I put up with the brutality. Vares is tough, but sweet (he loves cats!), and smart... He's so very smart. And... let's face it... he's incredibly sexy. He seems like a winner, but has a whiff of a loser about him. His relationships don't seem to last. So he's complicated and ambiguous. And maybe not the kind of guy you really want to bring home. Or... maybe he is....
It's a dark world that Vares and his pals occupy. But they are fun to watch!
And the music! The music is amazing, in movie after movie it mesmerizes. I especially enjoyed the soundtracks in Tango of Darkness and The Path of Righteous Men. Who would've known the Finnish are gaga for Tango?
Thanks to MHz Worldview International Mystery for airing these. And making them available on DVD. http://www.mhznetworks.org/programs/mystery-drama