Mannen från Mallorca (1984)

	Directed by: Bo Widerberg	INTERNATIONAL TITLE The Man from Majorca COUNTRY Sweden GENRE Crime/Action RUNNING TIME 102 minutes
	Produced by: Göran Lindström
	Written by (based on the novel "Grisfesten" by Leif G.W. Persson): Bo Widerberg

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Bo Jarnebring	Sven Wollter	½
Lars Martin "Johan" Johansson	Tomas von Brömssen	½
Andersson	Håkan Serner
M. Dahlgren	Ernst Günther	½
Berg	Thomas Hellberg	-
Fors	Ingvar Hirdwall	-
"Rogge" Jansson	Niels Jensen
Rundberg	Tommy Johnson	-
Kjell Göran Hedberg	Rico Rönnbäck
The Minister for Justice	Hans Villius	-
Erik Harald Olsson	Sten Lonnert
Eva Zetterberg	Nina Gunke

Review

Bo Widerberg's follow-up to his groundbreaking Mannen på taket is a less action-oriented police procedural whose derivative script and slow pacing never allow for the same levels of suspense as the aforementioned 1976 movie. Widerberg reunites with some of his favourites in front of and behind the camera and takes us on several stakeouts, chases and police meetings in a filthy-looking Stockholm, but ultimately ends up more or less where he started out, without making much of an impression. The film's takeaway is very much in the vein of late 70s / early 80s crime thrillers: power games and corruption behind closed doors, and whether it all can be exposed by the little man. It's just that this time, Widerberg's story isn't forceful enough. Sven Wollter and Tomas von Brömssen are agreeable as our two protagonists, with their buddy cop factor arguably being the film's best asset.