The Investigation
In the style of Zola we had a forensic examination of Nordic Noir, many of the key formulaic drivers of this genre were removed. We had no profile of the suspect or the victim, we were shown nothing beyond what the police saw or were investigating. This was a stylistic choice.
We ended up unsurprisingly with an acted out documentary that was slow, dry and humourless.
The investigation as it progressed was quite brilliantly portrayed but it was quite predictable and went exactly how we expected it to progress.
Some things really irritated, the overly blank expressions, the humanistic elements being the victims parents and the inspectors family. Look, you just cannot have a demanding daughter as a character, the inspector was on his 138 murder, it was his whole life, the investigation ends and then he is back. This really was an absurd story line.
I hated the music and the whole thing was just depressing. I'm giving this a weak 6/10, it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea due to the pace of delivery.
In the style of Zola we had a forensic examination of Nordic Noir, many of the key formulaic drivers of this genre were removed. We had no profile of the suspect or the victim, we were shown nothing beyond what the police saw or were investigating. This was a stylistic choice.
We ended up unsurprisingly with an acted out documentary that was slow, dry and humourless.
The investigation as it progressed was quite brilliantly portrayed but it was quite predictable and went exactly how we expected it to progress.
Some things really irritated, the overly blank expressions, the humanistic elements being the victims parents and the inspectors family. Look, you just cannot have a demanding daughter as a character, the inspector was on his 138 murder, it was his whole life, the investigation ends and then he is back. This really was an absurd story line.
I hated the music and the whole thing was just depressing. I'm giving this a weak 6/10, it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea due to the pace of delivery.