English Title : Evil
Language : Swedish/Finnish
When I picked "Ondskan" , I had no idea what i was getting into and I do not regret a moment of that 113 mins of my life.
The movie begins by opening a small window into Erik's life, which consists of his decrepit mother and a very abusive step father. Erik's change of personality within the house and outside the house immediately draws you to his character. After being expelled for thrashing someone, Erik's mother who is unable to protect him from the step father, decides to send him to a posh boarding school. Erik reaches the boarding school with a determination to make it good for the sake of his mother. He makes friends and learns the rules of the school and he immediately knows that he is going to be in trouble. Erik's persistent, his courage, fearlessness makes you fall in love with him. At the same time, to imagine what is going on in his mind when he gets violent is very disturbing. You would think that he is a sociopath, almost. But at every step, Erik proves your conclusion wrong and that only makes you fall for him deeper. The characterization in the movie was very good. The violence in Erik, with the deep love for his mother is a interesting aspect to his character. The movie fails to give you a definite ending, but if you sat through the end, it would bother you less. Because, you are already mesmerized by Erik.
And who better as Erik than Andreas Wilson. His stern face, blue eyes particularly helps bring out different attributes of Erik... be it when Erik is unable to help his friend or be it when Erik challenges his senior to burn him.
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