Trouble, 2024

The Swedish film Trouble, 2024 from director Jon Holmberg (Swedish Dicks) and co-written by Holmberg and Tapio Leopold (Day by Day), stars Felip Berg, Amy Deasismont, and Eva Melander.

A innocent father who works at a major electronics store runs into trouble with the law when he witnesses a murder during a TV installation. Unfortunately for him, he’s framed for the crime and swiftly locked up. It’s all going downhill fast. 

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What happens in Trouble?

Conny (Berg) is down and out — divorced, his ex’s new husband is a well-to-do pilot, and he hates his job. But his luck is about to get so much worse: After a routine TV installation at a customer’s home, he witnesses the murder ofher her husband and Conny’s pinned for the crime . He’s mistaken found guilty at trial, because of a scheme within the police itself, sent away to jail for years, and believes he may never see his daughter again. When he meets big-time bad guys Norinder (Čukić) and Musse (Sällquist) in the clink, he gets tangled up in their escape plan while also trying to clear himself of all wrongdoing. They need a Pilot and they think he is one after seeing his family photo in his room, they scape after and events unfold as he tries to prove his innocence.

Is Trouble based on a book?

No. It’s a remake of the 1988 Swedish film of the same name (Strul in Swedish) directed by Jonas Frick and written by Bengt Palmers and Björn Skifs. 

Rating: 10 Stars (Super Fun)