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The Third Wave (2003)

The Third Wave poster
Original title
Den tredje vågen
Directed by
Anders Nilsson
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
Sweden, Finland
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 73 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer named Johan Falk has been away from work for a year. While on a family trip in central Europe, his former boss reaches out to him with a new mission.

tensefast-pacedgrittysuspensefulurgentseriousaction-oriented

What happens

The Third Wave (Swedish: Den tredje vågen) is a Swedish action film from 2003 directed by Anders Nilsson and starring Jakob Eklund. It is the third film in the series about police officer Johan Falk (Jakob Eklund), the first two being Zero Tolerance (Noll tolerans) and Executive Protection (Livvakterna). Falk has not worked in the year since the events of the second film, but on a trip with his family in central Europe he is contacted by his former boss again. "An entire continent is being stolen." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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