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The film "A New Life" kicks off season eight in the film series about Sweden's probably most beloved film cop Martin Beck. Everything is as usual when the well-known gang of investigators is to solve murder case number Spider-Man: No Way Home 43 in the order .

The gunpowder is not spared in the introduction to this chapter of the hugely poland popular series about Commissioner Martin Beck. It kicks off with a brutal murder. Then we are thrown straight into the investigation and more action. The usually high dose of snack in Swedish crime film is kept to a minimum for the first half hour in favor of impetuous storytelling. The tone is harsh and short. The lines are snarky and with real emphasis. You are filled with hope that that tone will hold through the film.

The criminal case is well structured with unexpected turns and dangerous situations along the way to the final. It starts with finding a dead body. The deceased had a huge criminal record. Soon, people begin Danks to suspect that a company that deals with IT support actually has a completely different type of agenda. Of course, the investigation leads to something much bigger and heavier than expected. The case has a personal character for one of the police officers and it is, as is well known, the cases that the series puts down the most to give emotional power to. "Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie" is no exception.

After the promising introduction, however, there is the usual lukewarmness in the series with equal parts criminal investigation and depiction of the characters' private lives. At the same time as taking on gang activities, Oskar tries to find love on Tinder and Josef is in love with someone he should not be in love with. It feels like intermediate milk again, but honestly the intermediate milk that the "Beck" series serves is very pleasant. There is a well-captured everyday feeling about the atmosphere that makes me constantly return to get more of it. In fact, this film is one of the best in the series at making the everyday lives of police officers interesting and finding the warm natural tone in those scenes. The only really negative remark I have is that the final is in the lameest team despite the conditions to create a real nerve in it.

A big reason why I like the "Beck" series is the stable spectacle from everyone in front of the camera. Those that are especially worth mentioning here are, firstly, Jennie Silfverhjelm who has now grown into the role of group leader Alex Beijer and given it more human nuances. The best, however, is Martin Wallström who has taken over the role of tough guy in the series. It has been needed since Mikael Persbrandt left the series and his role as the iconic Gunvald Larsson. Wallström's Josef Eriksson is not as sharp but he is tough enough to sharpen the intermediate milk glass with a stronger content. It is he who in this film gets the hard lines to deliver mainly in the interrogation room. We have not seen harsher interrogations than here in the series since Gunvald revealed. Worth mentioning is also Jonas Karlsson who steals every single scene he is involved in as a good manager. Among the guest actors, Simon Sears ("Shorta") excels as a brutally icy villain.

The photo finds the right Nordic Noir feeling. The pans over a nightly Stockholm in elegant lighting are part of the series' later seasons and it is just as nicely done here. The camera never stands still but is constantly sliding even when the scene takes place in a single room. Visually, this is very polished, unlike the dirtier tone with a shaky handheld camera in the first two seasons or the icy steel gray in the third. The atmospheric electric music perfectly matches the feeling of elegance. The feeling becomes almost clinical. What adds a rawness is the realistic sound effects in the scenes of violence. When a bullet hits a body, it feels brutal. You hear how flesh and bones are torn apart.

This 43rd film in the series gives fans what they want and it feels like it was made with just that ambition. That's good enough. Keeping the high class that this film shows after twenty-four years of massive production deserves respect. The plot of this film is also promising for the continuation of the season.

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