Why Is Mel Brooks in This Insane Swedish ‘Die Hard’ Rip-Off?

After the fictional(?) villain disappears into the night, Micke starts seeing more movie characters appear in the real world. Like, literally seconds later, his sister pops by for a visit, and a goddamn Xenomorph bursts through her like an alien Kool-Aid Man.

Micke is forced to track down the errant German goon, Franz, and become an action hero by going full Bruce Willis in publicly accessible locations such as the woods.

This hero’s journey eventually leads to Micke running into… Mel Brooks? Yeah, the real Mel Brooks randomly shows up for all of 10 seconds, screaming about the “terrible terrorist” that’s chasing him. Why does the comedy legend make a cameo in an ultraviolet Swedish movie seemingly held together with scotch tape and chewing gum? It’s unclear. Seriously, if anybody reading this is close personal friends with Brooks, or even just like his mailperson, please ask him and let us know.

Brooks isn’t even the only American celebrity to make a cameo here. Later in the movie, Micke, now dressed like Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator, is still on Franz’s trail. He seeks the help of some strangers in line for a hip nightclub – one of whom is inexplicably played by The Crow’s late Brandon Lee, who died in 1993, seven years before this movie was actually released.