This four part 'Wallander' story features Rolf Lassgard as the Ystad detective. Having returned home from a holiday with his father he is told about a missing person; he drives out to the man's remote house and makes a grizzly discovery; the man is found impaled an bamboo spikes. In an apparently separate case there is a break in at a florists; nothing has been stolen though and the assistant says that the owner is out of the country studying orchids; it isn't considered a major crime until he too turns up dead; strung up in the woods having been brutally killed. As the investigation continues it becomes apparent that somebody he killing men they believe either killed or abused women. Before the case is over Kurt will suffer a personal tragedy and one of his team will be shot!I had seen the BBC version of this story but that lacks the depth of this version as it is much shorter. This version almost has the feel of a horror movie at times with its use of hand held 'shaky-cams' and very image; I found that this suited the gruesome subject matter although it does get too shaky at one point. Once again Rolf Lassgard does a great job as Wallander. The story is well told and the killer isn't a total monster; in fact when we learn what happened to cause her to start killing one can't help but be sympathetic even though her actions are clearly wrong.

I have seen all the newer versions of Henning Mankell's Wallander series and the ones with Christer Henriksson in Wallander seems like movies for younger people. Seeing Den 5'e kvinnan really made me think =) 90 minutes doesn't really make these kinds of movies all they should be, which the newer versions usually are, to short, doesn't really hit you in the head, do they? It takes a masterpiece to make something that feels real for the viewer and this feels real! Rolf Lassgård should if he has not already get a golden for his part as Wallander in my opinion. Rolf makes Wallander seem like a real person, he is not perfect! No one is and in the newer movies I have seen Christer Henriksson as the perfect police officer who doesn't make mistakes and is nice and understanding to everyone. That's not really real to me and I think that even in movies we watchers need to see the none perfect versions =) I refuse to spoil this movie, that's why I can say that I can't say very much more about it accept for brilliant acting, not only from Rolf. You have to see this movie to understand what I am talking about and as I was stuck for about 4 hours in bed watching it I am sure you won't be disappointed hehe.

I saw this TV-movie in swedish television and was simply knocked off my feet. The TV-drama was even better than the book. The greatest actor in this drama was Anki Lidén who played the part of the killer. Her acting left me breathless and she left me almost feeling sorry for the killer Yvonne Ander in the end. I felt I could understand the motives for the murders she committed. Anki Lidén managed to bring so many parts of Yvonne Ander to life including both compassion, warmth, commitment and the brutality she possessed. Added up with the scenes showing her childhood one understood why she decided to take revenge on men who assaulted and even had killed their wives and girlfriends.

I saw this movie as a two-part mini-series on German television in a dubbed version. The works of Henning Mankell, author of the original novel, had been recommended to me. So although I expected something above the average TV stuff, this really knocked me off my feet! The story is excellent and provides lots of unexpected twists and turns, and casting and acting are just plain beautiful. This goes especially for the villain. One has got to get used to the camera work here, it resembles the hand-camera style of the Dogma series. I should perhaps note that this is a film about violence against women, and it's done in a way women should like. Don't miss this one!