Westwall

The New Front (Westwall): German television miniseries. A woman is training street kids to be assassins and soldiers. She and her her minions are being used by a higher level Neo-Nazi conspiracy to foment violence to overthrow the existing constitutional order. False Flag operations are on the agenda. A renegade German Intelligence faction is using a defector from the young rascals to undermine their activities. But why is he being used to seduce a young police trainee? Another faction of German Intelligence is involved with both the street kids and overarching conspiracy. How all of these strands link together is teased out over six episodes. Disturbingly violent at times as a 13 year old is used as an assassin and bullying is rife among the young killers is. Explosions, killings and shootings permeate this sophisticated political conspiracy thriller which has a few interesting plot twists. Directed by Isa Prahl, Screenplay by Benedikt Gollhardt adapted from his novel Westwall. 8/10.