WALLANDER: FIREWALL

UK, 2008, 90 minutes, Colour.
Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Sadie Shimmin, Tom Hiddleston, Richard Mc Cabe, Orla Brady.
Directed by Niall Mac Cormick.

1. The girls at the opening of the film? The murder? The puzzle, the interrogations? Their being sullen? The clues, the tone?

2. Wallander in himself, his work, his wife and her wanting a divorce, Linda and setting him up with the dating online, his style, weary?

3. The characters of the colleagues, their roles, work, on the site of the crimes, the meetings?

4. The murder in the square, the investigation, the body at the morgue, the body stolen? Discovered in the water, the hands and feet cut off, the connections to the initial murder? The victim’s wife? The cause, work in Africa, the photo of the colleague?

5. Sonja’s parents, their reaction? The interviews, the wife’s outburst? The later discussions with the father, his giving information? Eva, friendship with Sonja, in prison, not giving any information?

6. Sonja’s boyfriend, the character, his escaping, his being found murdered? The information, the computers?

7. The discovery of the basement, the computers, the connection between the murder in the square and Sonja’s death?

8. Wallander, the date, the anger of the woman, his apology? The later contact, meeting, talk, pleasant? Building a relationship? Her listening, understanding? Her meeting Robert? Contacting the killer, the truth? The attack on her, her death, giving the final information?

9. Robert, his computer skills, the information, the deadline, his hiding?

10. Sonja, her escape, the blackout? Her body found at the power centre?

11. The ATM, the clues?

12. Midnight, the passersby, the attempt to get to the ATM, the attack? Wallander and the killer? The code not being put in, success in warding off the disruption of the banks?

13. The themes, cyber terrorism? Causes in Africa? A satisfying thriller, psychological drama?