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It was BORING. I skipped extensive parts in season 2 because I almost fell asleep, maybe half of the season, and yes I didn't fell I miss anything.

The plot felt unfinished, confusing, and lacked the tension and creativity of the original. The characters were weakly developed, the returning characters seemed like mere shadow of their shelves from the first season. It was more than obvious an effort to recall or reference incidents from the first season but this time it has been done in a very haphazardly way.

There are a few new games but totally uninspired in relation to first season.

In general it left me with the impression that it was was a rushed cash grab and nothing more.

Having read the book "Adults in the room" I was waiting much more from this film. My impression is that Gavras, trying to fit the book in a two hour movie has messed it up. In contrast to the book I couldn't see any evolution of characters but meetings meetings and more meetings (Eurogroup etc). Thé scenes failed to give the narration and the atmosphere that exist in the book. Moreover the film is messed up chronically. Someone who doesn't know the story cannot understand if the whole story occurs in a week or a month or more. The use of first names was really annoying. The Final scene is completely out of nowhere and is nonsense, coming from Greek musical from the 60's.

No in contrast to the book - which I consider as a must read - this film is a total mess. C'est dommage pour Gavras.