When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.
What really distinguishes it from any number of drug-escapade stories is the unusual and welcome sense of Dostoyevskian moral gravity of the narrative.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
24 Aug 2012
fresh:
Chalk another one up for Swedish crime-thriller novels.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
24 Aug 2012
fresh:
One of the most involving of the many first-rate thrillers that have come recently from Scandinavia.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
18 Oct 2012
rotten:
The story is overcooked and the gritty aesthetic (handheld cameras, desaturated color) borders on cliche.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
18 Oct 2012
fresh:
It's gripping stuff - even if the original title 'Snabba Cash' is way cooler than the English one.