Järngänget (2000)

	Directed by: Jon Lindström	INTERNATIONAL TITLE White Water Fury COUNTRY Sweden GENRE Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Jerngjengen RUNNING TIME 90 minutes
	Produced by: Lennart Dunér
	Written by: Mats Gustavsson Rita Holst Jon Lindström

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Lukas	Emil Forselius
Simon	Rafael Edholm	½
Anders	Alexander Skarsgård	½
John	Peter Lorentzon
Marie	Yaba Holst
Susanne	Josephine Bornebusch
Åke	Per Oscarsson	½
Lindberg	Marika Lagercrantz
Mamma	Agneta Ekmanner	½
Klasse	Bill Skarsgård	½

Review

A group of young men on a canoe trip in the Swedish backwoods are joined by two young sisters and end up partying into the night around their campfire, fuelled by moonshine and testosterone. When they wake up the next day, one of the girls is missing. This fairly clever, slow-burning thriller opens like Deliverance and ends as a reasonably convincing Freudian psychological thriller. The enticing concept is well set up by director Jon Lindström, although he cannot avoid some stiff dialogue and awkward cuts in the early parts of the film. He does, however, find a nice balance between building his characters and gradually revealing the mystery. Just don't let yourself be put off by the glaring, grisly cinematography typical of the early 2000s. Among the interestingly assembled cast, a forceful performance by veteran Per Oscarsson, an aptly enigmatic Rafael Edholm, and an emotionally charged Alexander Skarsgård stand out. A very young Bill Skarsgård appears as Alexander's little brother.