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Black Crab (2022)

Black Crab poster
Original title
Svart krabba
Directed by
Adam Berg
Genre
action film, war film, thriller film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 933 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A speed skater is conscripted into a military team to skate across frozen sea ice on a secret mission during a war. They must deliver a package to a research base that could change the conflict's outcome.

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What happens

Black Crab (Swedish: Svart Krabba) is a 2022 Swedish action thriller film directed by Adam Berg. Based on the 2002 novel Svart krabba by Jerker Virdborg, the screenplay was written by Berg and Pelle Rådström. The film stars Noomi Rapace as Caroline Edh, a speed skater who is conscripted to join a team of soldiers for a dangerous mission to skate across sea ice behind enemy lines. The team is tasked with delivering a secret package to an island research base, which they are told could end the war. Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili, Aliette Opheim, David Dencik, Susan Taslimi, and Stella Marcimain Klintberg appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 18 March 2022 by Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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