fencoll

A dark and disturbing movie. Extremely tense. Great acting all round. All the characters are flawed to varying degrees and no one comes out of it unscathed.

Really gripped by both series. It's somewhat weird, though, that it's set in Malmö, everything is Swedish, down to the papers on the desks yet everyone speaks English as their first language - apart from young Wallender himself, who speaks English with a Swedish accent lol. Weirdly, though, it works. Very enjoyable.

Pleased to see Adam Pålsson in the lead after starring in the superb Innan vi dör.

I was blown away by the original Swedish series, (now showing a second series on TV.) I was so disappointed with this version. The acting was so wooden, it all felt very contrived and I found myself left cold with the main characters. Lesley Sharp just seemed a bit drippy and unbelievable as Hanna particularly after Marie Richardson's storming performance in the original. I really wouldn't bother with this poor copy and head straight to the Swedish original 'Innan vi dör'.