Kapningen

As the apparent next series after STHLM Requiem, I was hopeful that it would be its equal. Kapningen has the same actors but not the same action, excitement or anticipation that was found throughout STHLM Requiem. When dealing with hijacking, terrorism, and intrigue a show builds up a crescendo, not unlike a heart beating faster and faster until the final explosive moments. Kapningen has no such build up. It is acting at the pace of a sleeping sloths heart. I believe that if not for the presence of the actors for whom I had grown to like, I would not have even bothered to venture watching the show's second episode. As befitting a great ensemble weekly piece (such as Breaking Bad, The Wire), I would look forward to the next week's installment with high anticipation. Sadly, I am not really looking forward to next Thursday to watch the latest installment of Kapningen. Instead my mind is on, "What's for dinner next Thursday."

Great acting by an incredible cast.

Interesting and well told story with a few well thought out plot twists. I liked the slow pace in suspense.

The score is very nice and the whole experience was well worth my time. Happy I found this little gem.

Then imagery is great and every character is very believable. Even the story is really convincing despite the very complicated and elaborate plot.

It was quite different from what I expected so maybe the posters and actually maybe even the title could have been done better.

Watch this. And make your own review. I don't understand the bad reviews.

This was a series that made you use your brain, which I like. It was complicated, running in two different years with flashbacks to 2014 that explained some of the events happening in the present day.

There was one weakness. I guessed who the hijack baddie was in the first episode and it turned out I was right. However, these actions were set against those of the Swedish secret services who'd behaved just as disgracefully and had engendered the events of the present.

The action was fast paced and the acting was competent. It helped that this was a spin off from STKHM Requiem, so we knew the characters.

I definitely recommend this.

Over all the story has potentials, but is then somehow shifted back in forth with a timeline shift. The actors are over all known, and I have seen them in other movies, series, but in this case, the show's anticipation is not met.

A plane is Hijacked. On the outside it's a A330, in the cockpit it looks like a 4 motor Boeng 747 with sticks, and in the ADSB pings, it reports as an A320. The interior is of an A330, but somehow it changes. Airbus have joystick sticks, Boeng has sticks from floor with a steering wheel.

6 episodes of 45 minutes are slow and very dramatical, with not much action, and I almost quit every episode.

When the crew goes down to the baggage room, the inside looks to be of an A380 or B747, as the higt of the ceiling is not that great for Airbus aircrafts.

This is very slow. After the first couple of episodes, I was ready to give up, but I was hoping it would find some pace - unfortunately it doesn't. I only stayed with it since I like anything with Jonas Karlsson.

Feels like they are trying to use the popularity of STHLM Requiem to segway into a genre they don't master. It doesn't work for me.

Also, casting Jeroen Van der Ven as an American is just ridiculous. His American accent isn't quite good enough. Surely, there are enough American actors around for that not to be necessary?

Jonas Karlsson doesn't disappoint but he can't save this one. Glad this is over.