Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- playful
- mischievous
- lazy sunday
- nostalgic movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sickan's plan centers on breaking into an IKEA furniture store, which conceals a smuggling operation.
American computers, Soviet submarines, and clandestine transfers are filtered through the gang's farcical criminal adventure.
Sickan devises the IKEA robbery and discovers the larger operation during its execution.
The furniture store doubles as a covert channel for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.
Films like The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again, and why
The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond
comic criminal schemes, eccentric ensemble chemistry, and playful caper plotting
The Italian Job
lighthearted crime caper built around an elaborate robbery plan and comic bungling
A Fish Called Wanda
ensemble heist comedy mixing criminal intrigue with broad character humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Mikael Ekman
- Release Date
- 1986-10-24
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (70)
Cast
- Gösta Ekman
- Ulf Brunnberg
- Björn Gustafson
- Birgitta Andersson
- Per Grundén
- Johannes Brost
- Lars Dejert
- Kent Andersson
- Dan Ekborg
- Jarl Borssén
Common questions
- What is The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again about?
- A meticulous Swedish crook's IKEA robbery uncovers a Cold War smuggling scheme involving computers, submarines, and his longtime rival.
- What is The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again as mild.
- Which films are like The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again?
- Films with a similar feel include The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond, The Italian Job, and A Fish Called Wanda.
- How long is The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again?
- The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again runs 88 minutes.
