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Storm

TLA Releasing, Danger After Dark / Year: 2005

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Synopsis

A mix of hardcore action, gory murders and The Matrix-style special effects, Storm is the ultimate thrill ride that will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more.

Plot twists and turns await you as Danny, a young journalist slacker who exists on using his clout to get free alcohol and avoids any type of commitment, meets a fiery haired young woman named Lova who hands him a simple-looking box. His life begins to spiral out of control as a group of evil assailants, who are hell bent on reclaiming the mysterious box, begin to pursue him. Forced to work with Lova and another woman, simply known as The Assistant, Danny is on the run from the thugs who murder anyone who gets in their way, leaving behind a trail of gory murders.

Danny realizes that he is being framed for the murders and is forced to venture back to the rural town where he grew up. But hiding out is not a safe refuge for Danny as dark secrets from his past begin to creep up causing the young man to question his sanity and fall deeper into a horrifying abyss of lies and deception. (Swedish with English subtitles)

3 Reasons To buy this film

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Stockholm Film Festival
Includes the original Swedish version as well as a dubbed English version
Anamorphic widescreen for fully enhanced high-tech exceitement

Product Format Information

DVD : $10.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 807839003338
Catalog #: DV2597177

Studio : TLA Releasing, Danger After Dark

Languages: Swedish Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , English Dolby Digital 2.0 , Swedish Dolby Digital 2.0 , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35

Customer Reviews

Stormy Memories

jaycbird wrote on 05/16/2008:

The latest DVD release from TLA Releasing ,as part of the "Danger After Dark" line, STORM (dirs. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein, Sweden, 2005, 110 mins.), is an exceptionally designed and photographed psychological thriller of a man faced to deal with his own repressed memories. The screenplay is a bit difficult to literally follow, and it does liberally leave plot holes. However, the primary effect on the main character, an emotionally and physically numbed slacker, played by Eric Ericson, as he travels through his memories to unwittingly solve the source of his desensitivity, is beautifully done! The coordination of cinematography, production design and special effects transforms the 'real world' into a dreamscape. It is a visual feast, even if the majority of it is frozen in Swedish fog!

I think this film plays better to the "Donnie Darko" fandom, than to "The Matrix" audience that it seems to be marketed towards. The screenplay doesn't successfully merge the external and internal worlds that are fighting for our hero's will. The actual action is more psychological than physical, even if the female protagonist is given a couple 'Matrix-like' fight scenes. The inclusion of otherworldly influences, in the form of assumable comic book characters, is not so clearly spelled out or explained, and any potential theories are thrown a large wrench by the final moment.

In short, this would be a great viewing late at night when you don't want to think too hard, while watching someone struggle with the surrealism of emotional memory.

The DVD is a bit bare bones and includes Swedish and English soundtracks and English subtitles, plus a selection of TLA Releasing previews.