Fallet G

/refers to all series/

Sweden is famous for crime films with different vigorous detectives - both male and female - related to a certain city or region in the country, meaning that surroundings and background has a certain role in creating the whole atmosphere, joy of recognition, desire to visit those places etc. That is why it is a bit odd that Håkan Nesser created a person with a Dutch name (Van Veeteren) acting in a fictional town called Maardam - also Dutch name - but not meant to be in Holland... The film shows pictures from Amsterdam, Tallinn, some Swedish cities, and uniforms have no signification marks, but all speak Swedish... As you see, the plate is confusing already, requiring distinguishable stories and actors... Regretfully, it is not the case here, particularly in comparison with similar Swedish series like Beck or Wallander: the pace is slow, the cast is neither good nor bad, criminal case topics are trivial and the place of Van Veeteren in later episodes is unrealistic and unnecessary...

More than mediocre, okay for killing time, but not at the level of most other Scandinavian series.