Dir. Daniel Espinosa, Sweden, 2012, 122 mins, subtitled. Cast. Joel Kinnaman, Mattias Padin Varela, Dragomir Mrsic.
Swedish thriller Easy Money is positively Dickensian in its themes and scope. JW (Kinnaman), a business student, dreams of surpassing his poor roots. From taxi driving to finishing other students’ homework, he’ll do anything for a buck. JW has a carefully calculated exterior hanging out with a crowd of beautiful, vapid rich kids who have no idea of his real life. When his boss asks him to get involved in...
