Easy Money

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Easy Money

R

2012

1h 59m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Business student JW (Joel Kinnaman), who likes to rub elbows with the wealthy, loves a sexy heiress, so to maintain that lifestyle, he takes up a life of crime. Jorge (Matias Varela) is a petty crook who's on the run from the police and Serbian mobsters. Mob hit man Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is hunting for Jorge but must care for his young daughter at the same time. As JW sinks deeper into the criminal world, all three men become entangled in a mutual fate.

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Critics Consensus

Snabba Cash (Easy Money) cuts a cube of Nordic noir whose taut storytelling packs an extra dose of hard-hitting heft.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

09/06/2017

It's overlong and a little muddled in the third act but still a thrilling, energetic watch.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

07/19/2013

3/5

Easy to watch, then, but hard to champion as a must-see.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

07/18/2013

4/5

Fast-moving, plausible and smart.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/26/2019

[A]s the film ends we are left with many questions about many people. But not to fear, Easy Money 2 is coming our way...

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

07/25/2019

Espinosa crafts some wonderfully tense sequences from conventional tropes. Certainly, an accomplished screenplay and notable performances enhance the proceedings.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

02/19/2014

[A] smart, affecting, slow burn of a movie, a spectacular example of Nordic noir...

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/20/2025

Success in 1 hour and 59 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Pervasive Language, Drug Content, Some Sexuality and Strong Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Swedish and American English audio options with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $188,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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02/29/2016

First in a series of three films - watch in order as the storyline develops. Poor Swedish guy, JW, gets dragged into the brutality of the hidden, criminal clashes of the different ethnic mafias in Sweden. What is strong about this film is the gradual build up of the characters, with their varying loyalties, their strong codes of honour, which forces them into acts of brutality.

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06/12/2015

Every inch a thriller with a proper all-bets-are-off finale, and a clever reworking of ancient themes of family, love and treachery.

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05/24/2015

Three men and their girls./ Messy Swedish gangdom:/ And no one is bad.

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05/05/2015

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08/17/2014

Entertaining trilogy...

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Synopsis

Business student JW (Joel Kinnaman), who likes to rub elbows with the wealthy, loves a sexy heiress, so to maintain that lifestyle, he takes up a life of crime. Jorge (Matias Varela) is a petty crook who's on the run from the police and Serbian mobsters. Mob hit man Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is hunting for Jorge but must care for his young daughter at the same time. As JW sinks deeper into the criminal world, all three men become entangled in a mutual fate.

Director: Daniel Espinosa
Producer: Fredrik Wikström
Screenwriter: Maria Karlsson
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Film i Väst, Svenska Filminstitutet, ZDF/Arte, Eurimages, Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg), Canal+, Nordisk Film, Tre Vänner Produktion AB, Sveriges Television
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Content|Some Sexuality|Strong Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Swedish
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 15, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $188.9K
Runtime: 1h 59m