The Third Wave (2003)

Name: The Third Wave
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 2003-10-15
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Jakob Eklund, Irina Björklund, Nicholas Farrell, Ben Pullen, Marie Richardson

The Third Wave (2003), directed by Anders Nilsson, starring Jakob Eklund and Irina Björklund.

10/15/2003 BR Action and Thriller 1h 55m

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Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Anders NilssonDirector, Writer
Darek HodorEditing
Joakim HanssonProducer, Writer
Bengt NilssonOriginal music

Johan Falk Collection

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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."

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Plot

Phoenix Kane is a mobster. His live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, discovers his illegal money laundering and tries to leave him. He half-strangles her to keep her quiet, but is hit by a car as he leaves. While he is taken to the hospital, Rebecca escapes England. For his protection, Kane orders her captured and returned to England and his control, not knowing one of his cohorts has ordered a hit on her if she talks to the police.

Falk has not worked for some time. He meets his former boss, who now is part of Europol leading an organized crime task-force, in a Dutch restaurant and refuses a job offer. When he leaves, Rebecca meets with the former boss, offering information in exchange for protection. Falk returns to the restaurant just as hitmen, disguised as police, kill Falk's ex-boss and try to take out Rebecca.

Falk returns fire and sneaks her to safety. They escape the hitmen, but are overtaken by a security team from Kane with orders to return her to England. They don't believe Rebecca when she insists she'll be killed if she goes back, but when Kane tracks them down and his hitmen shoot some of the security men, they go rogue and help her.

In Munich, Kane has set up a big money deal at a local bank. Falk, his pregnant girlfriend Helen, Rebecca and two uninjured security men head there to stop him. Falk wants to bug Kane's hotel room using cell phones, but because of street rioters, only Helen has credentials that persuade the police to let her in. She bugs the room but can't leave the hotel because rioting has worsened.

The hitmen, who had earlier lost them, see her and deduce where their quarry is. They catch Helen when she sneaks from the hotel and use her to compel Falk to turn over Rebecca. Falk refuses, hoping to find a way to save Helen without getting Rebecca killed. Helen succeeds in escaping her captor, but freezes in the street when she sees a hit man shoot Falk, disabling him.

Meanwhile Rebecca goes to the bank to confront Kane and learns he didn't arrange the hit on her. She shoots and kills the cohort who did. One hit man sees her and, dressed as a riot policeman, forces his way in, killing Kane in the effort to kill Rebecca. The hitman is himself killed.

The second hitman shoots Falk in the head and prepares to kill a distraught Helen, using a dead policeman's gun after his own gun jams. Instead, Falk kills him, saving Helen, still alive since the cop's gun had held only rubber bullets.

Falk attends the funeral for his former boss—wearing a policeman's uniform.

Cast

Jakob Eklund as Johan Falk

Irina Björklund as Rebecca

Ben Pullen as Kane

Nicholas Farrell as Devlin

Sylvester Groth as Dauphin

Marie Richardson as Helén

Lennart Hjulström as Sellberg

John Benfield as Stevens

Pierre Deny as Leblanc

Robert Giggenbach as Sorensen

Emmanuel Limal as Rocca

External links

The Third Wave at IMDb

The Third Wave at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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Trivia

The production budget was US$ 4.7 million.
It premiered on October 15, 2003, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h55 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Den tredje vågen".
It is film 3 of 23 in the Johan Falk franchise.
This film's quiz has 14 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosSonet Film, Blind Spot Pictures, Film i Väst
CountriesFinland, Sweden
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish
BudgetUS$ 4,667,404
StatusReleased

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Anders Nilsson Director
Darek Hodor Editing
Joakim Hansson Producer
Bengt Nilsson Original music
Anders Nilsson Writer
Joakim Hansson Writer

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What is The Third Wave about?

The Third Wave: Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Who directed The Third Wave?

The Third Wave was directed by Anders Nilsson in 2003.

Who stars in The Third Wave?

The cast of The Third Wave includes Jakob Eklund, Irina Björklund, Nicholas Farrell, Ben Pullen and Marie Richardson.

How long is The Third Wave?

The Third Wave runs for 115 minutes, or 1h55.

What is the correct order of the Johan Falk Collection films?

The Johan Falk Collection franchise has 23 films in the catalogue. In release order: Noll tolerans; Livvakterna; Den tredje vågen; Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser; Johan Falk: Vapenbröder; Johan Falk: National Target; Johan Falk: Leo Gaut; Johan Falk: Operation Näktergal.