Name: Ukkonen
Genre: Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Released: 2001-09-24
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jorma Tommila, Tero Autero, Ida Helander

Ukkonen (means Thunder) is a short film about a man called Ukkonen who was turned into a radioactive man in an accident in the Generator Corporation research plant, company secretly designing radioactive weapons with an energy business as a cover. Ukkonen starts his crusade to bring the company down and get his revenge.

Nice quality for an independent production, even some special effects and some funny, overdramatic monologue by Ukkonen. Unfortunately the film is very short, lasting only about 20 minutes.

Worth checking out if you somehow find this film.

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