Kommissarie Späck

As this Swedish crime comedy opens we see a man being murdered in his home; he is found with a variety of kitchen implements stabbed into his chest. Leading the investigation are Inspector Mårten Späck, who is somewhat overweight, and his partner Grünvald Karlsson, who has anger issues. They have differing opinions as to what happened; the former believes it was clearly suicide while the latter suspects a gang of video pirates. Shortly after they start their investigation they are joined by Irene Snusk, a sex obsessed police woman who dresses like Lara Croft... if Miss Croft had a penchant for black leather! As they work together to uncover the truth in their own unorthodox style there will be plenty of action and plenty of laughs.

I wasn't expecting too much from this film... I certainly didn't expect it to be as laugh out loud funny as it proved to be. It is a delightful spoof of the cop genre, most notably the series 'Beck'. The jokes are fairly low-brow and often fairly violent but that doesn't count against the film; it never meant to be deep and meaningful. The laughs come thick and fast so if one doesn't amuse you odds are the next will. The cast does a solid job, managing to play it fairly straight even in the most comical of scenes, which makes it even funnier. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of crime dramas who also want a good laugh.

These comments are based on watching the film in Swedish with English subtitles.