Before We Die

I enjoyed this series. The main actors were more like real people would be with their emotions and frustrations. I thought the plots were quite well done. The only glitch in my mind was Chief Superintendant Kane's rank insignia-- A Chief Superintendant wears the crown with a diamond or "pip" below it. Kane is wearing a much,much higher rank such as Commissioner or Chief Constable. If the wreath were taken away on his epaulettes the rank would be correct. Just odd that no-one would have researched this. Overall an enjoyable watch and good acting with a minimum of swear words and overkill.

Higher rank.

A few flaws here and there but decent entertainment. And so good to see Lesley Sharp get another major role... she's an oldie but goodie... I like that. It's also nice when the 2nd half is better... makes you happy you hung in there. And they did a fantastic job of leading into season 2... I look forward to it.

Watching episode 2 at the moment. Some usually good actors and the plot is OK. I may come back and review my review when I've watched the whole series but at the moment I'm sad that Vincent Regan , normally a good, English, actor, has a very fake Scottish accent. Do we not have any decent Scottish actors like David Tennant, Ken Stott, Richard Madden, Martin Compton etc that could have played this part....or did they not want to be in a remake of a previous Scandinavian thriller?

The producer bombed out many times.

Seriously, if you were under cover such as Christian, would you risk sending so many texts at times of being in the company of "the family"?

Also the attempts of running from them whilst being chased by a car, mostly done on main roads. Hilarious!

I wanted to like this more than I do.

I don't think originals are always better than remakes (LA Takedown/Heat for example) but not having seen the original I am not liking this much.

Some good actors in this but I don't see any good performances.

It is set in Bristol but mostly filmed in Brussels.

I hate that sort of thing.

Well chosen locations can play other cities but I know Brussels quite well and it does not look like a British city in my opinion.

Before We Die is not awful but it is not a tv highlight either.