A young Kurt Wallander is woken in the early hours to a fire alarm, he checks the local area, and finds a young man, Hugo tied to a goal post, and a big local crowd.
First off, let's address the elephant in the room, the setting, what on Earth possessed them to set it in the present day, surely this would he worked a good deal better if it were set in the early 90's?
The story takes a little bit of time to open up, but when it does get going it's very good, there is one particularly explosive and shocking moment, it's an unusual story, and feels very current politically, it does seem somehow a little curious for an origin story though.
Adam Pålsson is impressive in the title role, I liked him very much, he was very good.
Set in Lithuania, it is visually very appealing.
It's unusual, but it's very good, 7/10.
First off, let's address the elephant in the room, the setting, what on Earth possessed them to set it in the present day, surely this would he worked a good deal better if it were set in the early 90's?
The story takes a little bit of time to open up, but when it does get going it's very good, there is one particularly explosive and shocking moment, it's an unusual story, and feels very current politically, it does seem somehow a little curious for an origin story though.
Adam Pålsson is impressive in the title role, I liked him very much, he was very good.
Set in Lithuania, it is visually very appealing.
It's unusual, but it's very good, 7/10.
