Entrapped

Not as good as the first 2 seasons (Trapped - not sure why Netflix changed the name for season 3?).

There were some ridiculous moments in this season. I don't want to say any spoilers but it was kinda silly at times. Still enjoyable to watch though.

The acting was good. I don't understand why women fawn over the main character.

I'm glad it was only 6 episodes, I heard it was originally 8 so I'm glad it was cut to 6.

The ending of this season was stupid...very unbelievable.

Not sure if there will be a 4th season, but if there is I'd still watch it. Like I said, it was enjoyable and I like the scenery and acting. It wasn't predictable which is also good.

I expected something as fine as "Trapped" but was disappointed, as it seems as are others.

The basic fault is a script that can't seem to raise above grade B theatrics. The cops continue to act stupidly. The bad guys are "Sons Of Anarchy" on Ritalin. The main character bumbles around like Gentle Ben. No-one comes across as real, merely caricatures, and the dialog is stilted.

It's all been done before but with a hackneyed plot line it helps to have a better script, and character development.

It all shows in the acting, which simply follows the dialog faithfully rather than striking out and creating some risk.

We do not need another sequel. Let this one lie.

Well, it should be Trapped and Season 3, but someone somewhere decided that "a new start" would attract fresh audience? The number of episodes is also smaller (6 vs. 8), but on the ground of the story here, it could have been easily 5... Everything is slower, the star Ólafur Darri Ólafsson spends less time on screen, and the inclusion of otherwise great Danish actor Thomas Bo Larsen did not provide much value, as his character has a few dimensions only... The beautiful nature of Iceland is yet visible, but the distress and dreariness are more or less gone or in the far background.

Still 7 points from me as I was unable to surmise the wrongdoer and the reasons behind the crime was a nice twist.

It's a police procedural that is actually a six-episode third season of "Trapped" that I reviewed a little while back. It remains set in Reykjavík and more remote areas of Iceland. It follows two police detectives and a local police chief as they solve three murders, one of which occurred seven years earlier.

Andri Ólafsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), the older detective, and Hinrika (Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir) remain the core of the story. Trausti (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) is another detective from the earlier series who had conflicts with Andri, but now they're working together. Andri gets pulled into a crime from his past that seems related to current crimes in his old town.

The plot involves a group living communally and engaging in nature worship and a local motorcycle gang that joins a Danish motorcycle gang involved in drug smuggling. There are family relationships between the two groups and conflicting claims on the land's ownership.

This season, we learn much more about Andri's background and the murder case that he botched years earlier. His suspect in the earlier case has now been murdered, and both murders seem linked to the current commune-motorcycle gang conflict. By the end of the series, Andri faces a full reckoning for his actions while he and Hinrika also solve the current crimes.

It was good to get more depth on Andri's background, though some of the complexities of the commune/motorcycle gang storylines were a bit complex for a short series. The series also introduced some new characters who begged for further elaboration. Still, it's a worthy successor to "Trapped."

"Trapped" was a pleasant surprise: A taut, emotionally-driven series with tight plots and engrossing environments. Sure, it was slow in parts but still amazing that a country of 400K residents can come up with something that blows much of Netflix programming away.

Saying that, this series lacks some of the tight scripting of "Trapped." Too often my mind wandered when it should have been glued to the TV. There just too much superfluous stuff, too many soap opera moments that the previous series avoided.

Still, it's an admirable show. I stayed with it and felt fully engaged with the characters. Perhaps a little too much at times as I would lose my place in the story. Thankfully, the ending neither disappoints nor insults the audience. Respect.