Zero Tolerance (1999 film)

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Zero Tolerance
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Directed by Anders Nilsson
Written byAnders Nilsson
Joakim Hansson
Produced by Björn Carlström
Joakim Hansson
Starring Jakob Eklund
Peter Andersson
Marie Richardson
Music byBengt Nilsson
Distributed by Sonet Film
Release date
  • 29 October 1999 (1999-10-29)(Sweden)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySweden
Language Swedish

Zero Tolerance (Swedish : Noll tolerans) is a Swedish action film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 29 October 1999, [1] directed by Anders Nilsson. It is the first film in the series about police officer Johan Falk (Jakob Eklund) and is followed by Executive Protection in 2001 and The Third Wave and 2003.

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Plot

Johan Falk, a Gothenburg police officer and former member of Nationella insatsstyrkan, gets involved in a shooting on Christmas Eve. He saves the life of a little girl but is then drawn into a stream of events and he ends up being the accused. In the search for the truth he sees no other way than to take the law into his own hands, and becomes hunted by his own colleagues.

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References

  1. "Noll tollerans" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 29 October 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2016.