Hämndens pris

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Hämndens pris
Directed by	Kjell Sundvall
Produced by	Lars Blomgren, Börje Hansson
Written by	Rolf Börjlind, Cilla Börjlind
Starring	Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Shanti Roney
Music by	Adam Nordén
Release date(s)	June 27, 2001
Running time	92 min
Country	Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Language	Swedish
Preceded by	Spår i mörkret
Followed by	Mannen utan ansikte
IMDb profile

Hämndens pris is a 2001 Martin Beck film directed by Kjell Sundvall. It is about the two policemen Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson.

[edit] Plot

It is night. A police car pulls over near a van with a flat tire on a desolate road, where two young men are changing the tire. The police officers steps out of the patrol car and offers help. Suddenly a third gets out of the van. One of the officers reacts instant - this man is a well known criminal, he understands he is recognized. He also has robbed a military camp ten minutes ago, and the van is loaded with explosives and assault rifles. The situation is tense. Later on, the two police officers are found shot dead in a way that looks like an execusion. Martin Beck is working on the case and gets all resources he needs to get the unknown murderers. A hunt that gets complicated, because Martin's partner, Gunvald Larsson, was a close friend of one of the killed police officers and is literally ready to use any methods to find the killer.