Trouble (2024) – Review | Netflix (3/5)

TROUBLE on Netflix is a new genre hybrid from Sweden (org. title: Strul). It’s a classic “wrong time, wrong place”-story with a simple plot. Read our full Trouble movie review here!

TROUBLE is a new Netflix movie from Sweden. This is an action-crime comedy and actually a remake of the Swedish Strul from 1988. It’s mostly chaotic fun, but there are serious (violent) moments as well.

If you liked the Swedish Netflix mini-series Clark – starring Bill Skarsgård in the title role – then this is certainly worth checking out. The runtime is just 1 hour and 38 minutes, including credits.

Continue reading our Trouble movie review below. Find it on Netflix from October 3, 2024.

Wrong time, wrong place, wrong guy

At its core, Trouble is about a kind-hearted man who is down on his luck. Before long, to a very extreme degree. Told through a different lens with no comedy, this would’ve been a tragic documentary!

However, Trouble is a fun watch as we experience Conny (Filip Berg) get his life turned upside-down.

Conny is a divorced man who works as a salesman at a major electronics chain but dreams of being a pilot—exactly like his ex-wife’s new husband.

Also, he loves his young daughter and wants only to make her happy.

That’s why he takes an extra shift at work – to be able to afford riding lessons for his daughter – and ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time, and with the wrong guy.

Long story short…

Poor Conny – and yes, this is a fairly common name for a man in Sweden – is convicted of murder and ends up in prison. His sentence is fairly long, so he’s hoping an appeal can undo this mess.

However, nothing seems to go his way, so why would this?!

In prison, he meets criminals Norinder (Dejan Cukic) and Musse (Joakim Sällquist) who have an interesting plan for getting out of prison.

They mistake Conny for being a pilot – because he tells them he is one – and things get crazy. All Conny wants is to clear his name and be with his daughter, Julia, again, but that is easier said than done.

Alongside all these criminals and unfortunate Conny, we also have two key police officers. One is the woman in charge (Eva Melander), and the other is a newer cop (Amy Deasismont).

The latter coincidentally met Conny just an hour before the murder happened, so she has a hard time believing he’s the killer.

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Jon Holmberg is the director and co-writer (alongside Tapio Leopold) of Trouble. If you enjoy genre hybrids where comedy often becomes the main driver, then you should like his style.

Previously, Jon Holmberg directed episodes of the TV series Swedish Dicks starring Peter Stormare (Day Shift), which also combines crime and comedy.

I know a movie like Trouble won’t be for everyone. It’s almost a stereotypical “fish-out-of-water” story, but this one also has a lot of heart. People die (violently) in this story, so it’s not all fun and games.

Trouble (org. title: Strul) is out on Netflix from October 3, 2024.

Details

Director: Jon Holmberg
Writers: Jon Holmberg, Tapio Leopold
Stars: Filip Berg, Eva Melander, Amy Deasismont, Dejan Cukic, Joakim Sällquist