The Kiss of Evil

The Kiss of Evil
Original Finnish film poster
Directed byAnders Engström
Written byAnders Engström
Mika Karttunen
Kata Kärkkäinen
Produced byJukka Helle
Markus Selin
StarringAntti Reini
CinematographyJari Mutikainen
Release date
  • 6 January 2011 (2011-01-06)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The Kiss of Evil (Finnish: Vares – Pahan suudelma) is a 2011 Finnish crime film directed by Anders Engström.[1][2] It is the third installment of the Vares film series and a sequel to previous films Vares: Private Eye (2004) and V2: Dead Angel (2007), but it is the first film to feature Antti Reini as the main character Jussi Vares while in earlier films Vares was played by Juha Veijonen.

  1. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 114. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  2. ^ "Scandinavian box office 2011: Norway shows largest gains in Europe; Finland slips as local films lose market share". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 April 2012.