Sex, lögner & videovåld (2000) (V)

Director:

Richard Holm

Writers:

Johan Holm (writer)
Richard Holm (writer)

Release Date:

5 May 2000 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Plot Keywords:

Hallucination | Violence | Spoof | Vomit | Insanity

Cast

Mike Beck	...	Micke (as Mikael Beckman)
Johan Holm	...	Franz
Zara Zetterqvist	...	Little Sis'
Camilla Henemark	...	Camilla
Micke Dubois	...	Hot dog vendor
Jan Larsson	...	Alien / Weirdo / Leatherface / Kind-Janne / Man shot by Robocop
Anders Ek	...	One of the droogs / Man shot by Robocop
Kaj Steveman	...	Dealer / One of the droogs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ankie Bagger	...	Girl shot in nose by Robocop
Mel Brooks	...	Stressed old man
Ellinor Geete
Richard Holm	...	Weirdo
Jörgen Holmstedt
Anders Jacobsson	...	Man shot in the head by Robocop
Peter Jansson	...	Man chased by Darkman
Leif Jessen	...	Blind-Leffe
Tony Johansson	...	RoboCop
Jan Kruse	...	Very scared movie theatre usher
Brandon Lee	...	Man in line to night club
Christina Lindberg	...	Frigga / Madeleine
Joachim Lindman	...	One of the droogs
Per Löfberg	...	Smoker
Martina Löfstrand	...	Rape victim / Girl shot by Robocop
Martin Munthe	...	Patient at mental asylum
Stefan Nylén	...	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle / Man chased by Robocop
Sven-Erik Olsson	...	Psychiatrist / Mean Sune
Britt-Marie Rasque	...	Secretary
Gunnar Rehlin	...	Man shot by Frigga
Johannes Runeborg	...	Mean Rune
Christer Sidelöv
Hampus Spångwall	...	Sebastian
Anders Tegner	...	Journalist
Ylva Maria Thompson	...	Herself
Magnus Uggla	...	Psychiatrist
Lars Wallin
Johanna Westman	...	Johanna
Melina Wikman

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Trivia:

This movie was shot over an extended period between 1990 to 1993, but for different reasons delayed over and over again in post production.

Goofs:

Continuity: 'Mikael Beckman''s hairstyle varies radically between different scenes, due to the film being shot over an extended period of three years.

Movie Connections:

Features Die Hard (1988)

One of maybe five good Swedish action films

This was an enjoyable movie with lots of violence, and quite good effects for being an low-budget independent production.

There is a lot of cameos too - mostly Swedish celebrities who were well-known in the eighties, and Brandon Lee of course (he has two short lines if i recall it correctly.)

In English, the title of the movie would translate as "Sex, Lies, and Video Violence", which of course is inspired by the title of Soderberghs "Sex, Lies, and Videotape". At the time the movie was made, and before, there was a lot of debate in Sweden about "Video violence", that is, all the violence that could be seen on VHS videos, and how that would affect the youth, what measures should be taken to stop this,...