Trouble

Trouble

Year: 2024

Runtime: 1 h 38 m

Language: swedish

Director: Jon Holmberg

Echo Score: 50
ActionComedyCrime

Wrongfully convicted of murder, Conny, a divorced salesman, finds himself caught in a dangerous situation within a prison, mistaken for a pilot by a group of hardened criminals. His ex-wife's new boyfriend inadvertently fuels this misunderstanding. As Conny struggles to clear his name and adapt to the volatile prison environment, he desperately seeks a way to reconnect with his daughter.

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Timeline – Trouble (2024)

Trace every key event in Trouble (2024) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Conny unaware of the home invasion

Conny, an electronics salesman, is at the client's house to set up a TV while wearing noise-cancelling headphones. He remains unaware of the home invasion taking place around him. When he finally takes off the headphones and looks around, he discovers the homeowner has been attacked.

Client's house
2

Wife arrives and suspects murder

The wife, Mimmi, arrives home and immediately assumes Conny killed her husband. Conny is confused and tries to explain, but the mounting tension collapses any viable defense.

Client's home
3

Interrogation and prison sentence

Conny is interrogated by Helena while Diana observes from a distance. The questioning leads to a conviction, and he is assigned an apparently incompetent lawyer, Hasse, who helps secure his prison sentence.

Police station
4

Prison escape to confront Mimmi

While imprisoned, Conny escapes in order to confront Mimmi and plead his innocence, but returns to prison before anyone notices. The escape sets off a dangerous cat-and-mouse sequence.

Prison
5

Mimmi uncovers betrayal and lies to Helena

Helena visits Mimmi and questions the husband’s cell phone. Mimmi realizes the phone contains evidence of Helena's corruption, which she glimpsed when her husband’s phone connected to her TV via Bluetooth. She lies to Helena and sends her away.

Mimmi's home
6

A public meeting arranged

Mimmi phones Conny at the prison and arranges a meeting in a public place. The plan hints at leveraging the evidence to secure his release.

Prison
7

Escape to the airport for a private jet

Conny, Musse, and Norinder escape from prison and hurry toward the airport to board a private jet. The trio is racing against time to secure their freedom.

Prison to airport
8

Retrieving the key evidence

On the way, Conny stops to retrieve the cell phone with the incriminating evidence, intending to hand it to his lawyer to overturn the conviction.

Road to airport
9

Airport confrontation and shooting

At the airport, Conny abandons Musse and Norinder and tries to hand the evidence to his waiting lawyer. Helena shoots him in the shoulder, steals the evidence, and sends him to the hospital.

Airport
10

Hospital visit and cyanide attempt thwarted

Helena visits Conny in the hospital and attempts to inject him with cyanide, but Diana interrupts. Diana reveals Helena’s crooked ways and helps Conny escape out the hospital window.

Hospital
11

Fugitive profiles on the news

Conny and Diana’s profiles are shown on the news as fugitives as they evade the police and press on with their plans.

12

New evidence and hotel confrontation

While evading pursuit, they obtain new evidence stored on Mimmi's TV hard drive and take it to Hasse at a hotel. There they discover Hasse and Helena are working together and decide to team up to arrest the crooks.

Hotel
13

Division of plans and a drug exchange abort

Diana and Conny become separated during the plan, and Helena even abandons a drug exchange to aid in the arrest of Diana. The alliance between the fugitives and their new allies tightens as the trap closes in.

Hotel
14

Elevator showdown and Helena’s arrest

In the hotel elevator, Conny hooks up the hard drive to the screen to reveal the evidence to Josef, who promptly arrests Helena. The trap succeeds and the true criminals are cornered.

Hotel elevator

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