First review ever because I don't agree with the other reviews. Yes it is slow but I liked it. It's not about the drugs or quick money. It's about character building and story telling. For dutch/Belgium standards pretty ok.
13 Reviews
Boring without red thread
jpb-795837 December 2018
Noirish to the hilt.
ikanboy21 February 2020
Yes it's slow, and not for the impatient and young, but it's one of the better Noir series in recent years. There are the inevitable plot holes to maneuver around but they don't irritate because the story is deep and complex and multi layered. It borrows from "The Godfather" and "Shakespeare," "Narcos" and many Noirs, but it does so lovingly. The tough, asocial, main female lead is now de rigueur, time to soften the breed, as is the calm, never rattled sociopath, whatever happened to Bat Poop crazy?
I see a second season coming.
Fenix Not one wasted moment-a meditation for viewers who don't mind thinking
wfcoco16 February 2020
This was quite the surprise. In first 10,minutes nor dialogue practically, just ominous plotting in a bleak but captivating landscape. I was just waiting for the cut to the office where the banal small talk would have made me change the channel, but it never came. The plot just keeps moving with minimal words, no wasted melodrama and anticipation of the story and motives revealing themselves.
But surprisingly the reveals never really come or just raise more questions.
Very subdued yet imminent feeling and with the entrance of Ms Rifka an alluring sharp tough and yes attractive woman determined to pierce the veils of bad actors as well as questionable officials it's hard not to watch all episodes in a single day.
After a hard week at work, and the shallowness of the current social malaise this series is a welcome relief from the social shallowness promoted everywhere in our culture and politics and embraced by the rubes who do their bidding.
Underrated
guytenaere-fe13 December 2021
Difficult to get drawn to the story
pkievit864 April 2020
I was surprised by slow scenes. Very well acted I must say. The actors made me finish the season. The script has some weird twists, but in general the script is good. I just wish the pace was much faster with shorter highlights throughout the season.
Slow but good
bashoeve7 December 2020
Depressing slow...
hansvgast9 February 2020
Very solid
tim_schouwink14 September 2020
Extremely bad acting and unrealistic storyline
toonssen9821 February 2020
Super slow
edarkvine6 February 2020
Super slow and more soap drama than crime, takes forever to get to the xtc lab you see in the trailer, and it wasn't worth the wait 😴
Cool if they were going just for a gypsy drama perhaps, but if you mention a Dutch xtc lab, you might want to make it a little bit more energetic to please the type of crowd you attract with that 😝🤣
Slow and bad acting
balderic7 February 2020
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