Snabba Cash (2021– ) User Reviews

Great Story

[albertval-69560 · 9/10 · 13 April 2021]

It's a riveting if not a gloomy story. It vividly portrays the dire consequences of chasing easy money, particularly for 3 protagonists, namely, Leya (Evin Ahmed), Salim (Alexander Abdallah) and young Tim (Ali Alarik), who have different reasons to want to get rich quick.

Acting is great for the main protagonists as well as for those in supporting roles such as Dada Fungula Bozala (Ravy) and Olle Sarri (Tomas Storm). Plot development is on point. Script is well-written devoid of unnecessary scenes and execution couldn't be better.

What seems to be novel about the film is that the story is told from the point of view of Muslim migrants in their neighborhoods surprisingly in Sweden. This is the first time I watch a movie in this context.

Raw and in your face

[brittonreese-28734 · 8/10 · 10 April 2021]

This show hits the ground running. It is fast paced and emotional. The actors did an excellent job of depicting the hustle and life's struggles. I was impressed. Much love from Texas.

Awesome show BUT you have to watch it in original language

[mstaffordca · 8/10 · 22 July 2021]

Awesome show BUT you have to watch it in original language! You cannot watch it with English dubbing. English version RUINS the show. Makes it so cheesy! The original is awesome trust me.

Superior Swedish production

[laduqesa · 8/10 · 13 October 2021]

I watched this directly after Braqueurs, another series featuring Muslim immigrants and organised crime but set in France. I have to say that Snabba Cash was superior. For a start, there was the sub plot of Leya's start up needing cash so the action was not so relentlessly set in crack dens and poor immigrant areas. There was less of the unbelievability of baddies getting killed by revolvers when they were using assault rifles. It seemed far more real.

The acting was on the ball and the settings were real. I particularly liked Alexander Abdallah as Salim whose brooding good looks infused the series.

There is scope for a second season after the events of the final episode. If it is ever made, I'll be watching it.

International standard

[godsson89 · 10/10 · 9 April 2021]

The settings, realism and the charachters are not something were used to in Swedish cinema.

Its a swedish top boy/gomorra and THE best swedish portrayal of a crime of life which is the actual daily life of more people in Sweden than ever.

Finally something that feels genuine.

Brutal

[jwpicton · 7/10 · 16 May 2021]

I thought Sweeden was a nice place... Boy, was I wrong. But I guess these sorts of dynamics can be found in most countries. Fantastic acting, no blank spots in narrative, acting or continuity.

The bitter truth

[melon-hagberg · 10/10 · 10 April 2021]

One of the best series i have seen !!

Tagically, this is how gang crime works in Sweden.

The series contains excitement, love, betrayal and sadness.

I have no words for how brutally good this series is!

the best crime TV show at the moment, along Gomorrha

[dragokin · 24 September 2022]

I'm not acquainted with the Snabba Cash film trilogy so I can judge only what I've seen.

If you want to joke about it, Snabba Cash is telling us Stockholm is a city of star-ups and street gangs. The cast is solid and production such that at a certain point you feel the urge to buy a Parajumpers jacket like the one Salim wears in Season 1 and emulate his swagger.

Jokes apart, this is the most potent crime TV show in a while. The only one reaching these heights is Italian Gomorrha.

Snabba Cash offers a bleak insight into the country that offers one of the best standards of living in the world. To make things worse, it asserts that even in Sweden there are no significant differences between crime and business. If you really want to succed you need to outwit your opponents and do whatever it takes to attain the targets you've set.

The show is made to look frightening and powerful, yet rewarding. The single most important lesson you might learn here is not to try to repeat anything you've seen on screen.

There was just a handful minor negative points for me and, interestingly enough, they occurred during the ending of both seasons available at the moment. In Season 1 the very ending is twisting towards a telenovela. In Season 2 the authors played their cards better, so it was just a tad more melodramatic than I'd like.

In terms of IMDb stars, Snabba Cash is at the top of the range.

Too many shortcuts taken...

[knaveheart · 7/10 · 11 April 2021]

The story is great and provides many great and realistic scenes. Great ending. This is Stockholm today, huge start up scene and heavy gang violence.

Have to give it to the main stars: really impressed with Alexander Abdallah, Evin Ahmad, Ali Arak, Dada Fungula, Yussra El Abdouni and Z. E. The acting of Z. E was a great surprise. I was worried that he wouldn't cut it, but he did the job well done.

The camera angles and camera work is the best that Sweden has ever seen. Beautiful work!

But there has been way too many shortcuts taken in this series which drastically takes it down from a solid 9.

The small stuff that you notice when watching is eyes moving underneath the eyelid of corpses in the morgue. Like really?! How could you not do a re-take of the scene?? Some smaller roles are casted completely wrong. Those actors are not cutting it.

But it is the lack of a good soundtrack that is what is killing it for me...

The soundtrack of the original trilogy was what made Snabba cash, the Snabba cash we know today. The cynical Latina sound was heavily connected to the cynical story in the films. A starred eye youth heading into a world he's unfamiliar with...

Without a Soundtrack, the series fails to create heavy tension at times (the acting of the main stars made up for it most of the times).

They could have created a soundtrack of either newly created rap specifically for the series (like Top Boy) or a classic sound track of film music.

Here they took some 5-10 years old Swedish YouTube rap music of low quality and "club rap". Incredibly naive decision which makes this series not stand out...

Easy to fix for next season though. Really sad to see that it is production mistakes that is what is bringing the rating down. And even more sad because it is Netflix... can't they handle productions?

One of the best realistic series

[simon-colaman · 10/10 · 11 April 2021]

One of the best swedish series i EVER SEEN.

The actors was amazing and hope it will be a season 2 the realism the crime life stuff like the underground life felt so real!

Dark realism meets tension

[bertler-1 · 7/10 · 8 April 2021]

Exciting mix of gangster series and startup drama. A credible script and the deep and gloomy atmosphere give a realistic insight into the world of Swedish poverty migrants who vegitate in ghettos and indulge in crime.

Nailbiting intensity and Marvelous acting

[ViC144 · 8/10 · 12 April 2021]

If you liked series like "Gomorrah" or "top boy" You are going to love this one. Some of the choices they make are really stupid and makes me think what the heck the writers were thinking. But its a powerful and realistic filmatization.

Its ok, Leya is dumb

[haahhaahhaahg · 7/10 · 12 April 2021]

Its a good story, but the Main characters are so hateble. Spesialy the women named Leya. She is so anoying.

Welcome to Sweden

[vesteren · 5/10 · 13 November 2022]

Realistic serie about what happen, when government close their eyes, don't act and not protect their residents against criminals. Good use with assault rifles and hand weapons. Should be using hand-grenades because that's what criminal part of Sweden is known for. God serie, wonderful actors with passion and skills. Hopefully some important people in Sweden see this, hopefully they can do something about the crime and criminals in Swekistan. This serie should be.mandatory for all high school students and politicians who might be working with people from 3 world countries. Might be the best serie in Scandinavia that shows the truth about how it is.

Thrilling

[pablo_moriano · 8/10 · 8 September 2021]

Not excellence in performance but they're good and the story is perfectly carried out. Didn't expect this kind of jiggery-pokery occurred in a place like Sweden.

Pretty realistic

[jl04 · 9/10 · 8 April 2021]

Watch this if you want to get an idea of how Stockholm's criminal underworld is like now-a-days, it's pretty interesting and pretty damn accurate at times, and don't listen to the reviewer below "aidin-mahjouri", he has no idea what he's talking about it seems. Criminals in Stockholm (and pretty much every single kid in Stockholm) do speak like that (very heavy slang) and do horrible things and even worse things than you will see on this show.

Good acting and intense

[xboxhooah · 21 May 2021]

Good acting. Real intense and realistic!

Totally not predictable plots.

Can not wait till the next season.

Rough and refreshing

[baumhenrik · 7/10 · 29 June 2021]

Great show with minor flaws but overall very good and a great experience.

Intense with a realistic feel

[ritzirit-65-843748 · 8/10 · 7 April 2021]

Over all solid acting and script. If you liked Top Boy you will probably like this series. I'm in three episodes and really appreciate it. Cinematography is great. A lot of it takes place in Stockholms "miljonprogram" areas (estates/projects) which is juxtaposed with more affluent environments.

A two-hour movie expanded into six episodes

[zeki-4 · 6/10 · 12 April 2021]

I have watched the original trilogy a couple of times, which I found to be crime-movie masterpieces, so my expectations for the new Netflix show were high.

Sadly I came away a little disappointed. The premise is okay: a woman with ties to the criminal underwold that she wants nothing to do with, tries to climb the corporate ladder. Things happening in the first episode set off a chain of events, and soon she finds herself in over her head.

Where the movie trilogy left an emotional impact where you either hated or loved the characters who constantly evolved for each movie, most characters here are pretty much cardboard characters.

The original trilogy has amazing side stories, but here... there's almost none of that, and they are underdeveloped. Like the relationship that the protaganist has with one of her female co-workers, who she ends up screwing over.

If you do like SNABBA CASH, and find yourself making it through all episodes, do yourself a favor and watch the original trilogy.

A Swedish Gomorra

[searchanddestroy-1 · 9/10 · 14 April 2021]

I know that's the new fashion since several years now, to make films and series about drug traffic, dealers, suburb ghettos, mafias.... This one is among the best. Realistic, gritty, tough, poignant, suspenseful, and if not action acked, the gunfights sequences and also tortures ones are effective enough to glue you to your coach. The gunfight sequence in the fifth episode is nearly worth HEAT. If you hear closely, take attention to the gunfight sound, as HEAT !!!! The film maker knows what he talks about. The ending may be a real ending or only a path towards a second season. Many features finish this way anyway, and not necessarily films asking for a sequel. We'll see.

We need S3

[TheWordYo · 7/10 · 25 November 2023]

Loved this.

Season one was excellent, full of action, drama and it really makes you think very differently towards life in Stockholm.

Some fantastic acting throughout and the storyline gets better and better no matter how bizarre.

Season 2 was slick, it followed on nicely from the first introducing a few new faces or side characters getting more time.

There's some negatives but the positives outweigh them. No spoilers, the season does conclude but it does leave some questions so a season 3 would be super interesting and it's by far the realistic life in Sweden or certainly parts of it. You won't regret it.

This is gangster and it's SO good! SEE IT!

[freddy_at_home · 10/10 · 24 April 2021]

The Swedish are the best in Europe at making crime series. I love it! This one pulls you right in and won't let you go. Fantastic cast, they all nailed it. I had a blast watching this show over three nights. I think the ending was awesome.

As being a part of this crime life myself as a young man, many years ago, I can confirm the authenticity of this show. This is raw, honest gangster life. I'm really impressed. And thank you to all, who were involved in this production, you should all be proud of what you gave us, the viewers. Until next time, cheers! 10/10.

fun series about everyday swedish immigrant crimelife

[zathan-32848 · 7/10 · 12 April 2021]

First of all it was surprising they found so many immigrants that have learned both the language and the art of acting in sweden. Production quality is at best mediocre, lots of shaky camera, but not no so much it ruins the series. Very enjoyable view into the swedish immigrant crimelife.

Lacks realism, cringey dialouge, it's a shame.

[iyashiorder · 2/10 · 11 April 2021]

First of all, they compromised a lot to make this movie and there's a struggle to find the characters beliveable in many aspects. The original "Snabba Cash" is based on the Yugo/Serbian underworld of organized crime, this is pretty pale in comparison. The acting isn't on point, not impressed.

I swear most of these comments about accuracy and realism has to be fake. This should be Fast Fantasies instead of Fast Money.