Sommardåd
Directed by Bryan Singer
En dag 1984 snubblar Todd Bowden, en lysande gymnasiepojke fascinerad av nazismens historia, över en gammal man vars utseende liknar Kurt Dussander, en eftersökt nazistisk krigsförbrytare. En månad senare bestämmer Todd att knacka på dörren.
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- Callum21 december 2025⭐⭐⭐⭐½ – Apt Pupil A study in curiosity curdling into complicity. Apt Pupil isn’t a thriller in the way people expect one. There’s no rush, no cathartic justice, no real release. Instead, it’s a slow, suffocating examination of what happens when intellect, boredom, and moral vacancy collide. This is a film about fascination turning poisonous — not through accident, but through choice. Ian McKellen is, frankly, terrifying here not because he shouts or postures, but because of how easily he rationalises. Evil isn’t presented as monstrous spectacle; it’s presented as routine, conversational, almost instructional. Brad Renfro matches him disturbingly well, portraying a teenager whose curiosity doesn’t shock him into revulsion, but instead sharpens into something colder and more deliberate. Watching the balance of power shift between them is deeply uncomfortable — and that’s the point. What makes Apt Pupil linger isn’t what it shows, but what it refuses to soften. There’s no comforting moral framing, no external hand stepping in to reassure you that everything will be put right. The film trusts the audience to sit with the ugliness, to recognise that corruption doesn’t always announce itself — sometimes it arrives as intellectual interest, as arrogance, as the belief that you’re immune because you’re “just observing.” This isn’t a film you enjoy in the conventional sense. It’s one you respect, then think about later when you didn’t expect to. It’s heavy, deliberate, and morally abrasive — and it earns that discomfort rather than exploiting it. You don’t recommend this casually. But if someone asks for something challenging, unsettling, and intelligent — this belongs on the list. 🥃 Drink Pairing A neat Islay single-malt Scotch — smoky, medicinal, and unapologetically harsh. Much like the film, there’s no sweetness to hide behind, only a lingering reminder that discomfort was the point.
- ርልዪረ20 februari 2025Based on a Steven King novella this is a chilling and disturbing tale which explores the pervasive nature of evil and poses the question whether its presence and manifestation is due to nature or nurture. Set in suburban America the highly unlikely conceit is that a bright middle-class teenage boy notices a curious resemblance between an old man living in his neighbourhood and the face of a Nazi officer contained within wartime photographs he has been researching for a school project. The confirmation comes early in the film and within a tense atmosphere of blackmail and suspicion there develops a disquieting co-dependence between the two protagonists. Ian McKellan’s sublime performance as the unrepentant chain-smoking war criminal is almost matched by that of Bran Renfro as the manipulative youngster obsessed by Nazism and the Holocaust. There are some notable scenes and that involving the SS uniform is perhaps the most intense as it encapsulates the power dynamics between the two. An impressive film, quietly understated but nevertheless powerful.
- klit758 oktober 2025Still entertaining. The movie's aged well and the cast is solid.
Sommardåd Trivia
Sommardåd was released on 23 oktober 1998.
Sommardåd was directed by Bryan Singer.
Sommardåd has a runtime of 1h 47m.
Sommardåd was produced by Jane Hamsher, Bryan Singer, Don Murphy.
En dag 1984 snubblar Todd Bowden, en lysande gymnasiepojke fascinerad av nazismens historia, över en gammal man vars utseende liknar Kurt Dussander, en eftersökt nazistisk krigsförbrytare. En månad senare bestämmer Todd att knacka på dörren.
The key characters in Sommardåd are Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro), Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen), Richard Bowden (Bruce Davison).
Sommardåd is rated 15.
Sommardåd is a Drama, Thriller, Kriminal film.
Sommardåd has an audience rating of 5.6 out of 10.
Sommardåd had a budget of 14 mn US$.
Sommardåd has made 8,9 mn US$ at the box office.