
Just three years earlier, Ilpo Larha was an ordinary taxi driver who had just met the love of his life. A fascination with danger prompts the young man to try his hand at driving a getaway car and his criminal career takes off. A couple of years later, he escapes from prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment for a contract murder, leading to a 55-hour siege.
Ilpo makes one more big demand before he agrees to surrender.
An inexperienced officer is summoned to negotiate with a ruthless hostage-taker.
The hitman threatens to blow up the whole apartment building if the police don't deliver a getaway car.
Heino faces pressure from above to end the crisis.
An unprecedented murder-for-hire in Finland excites the press, and Ilpo sees this as an opportunity for publicity.
llpo begins his life sentence in Katajanokka, but vows to escape.
Ilpo makes one more big demand before he agrees to surrender.