De 12 van Schouwendam

5 episodes in... this is kind of a snoozefest. very anticlimactic coming from 2 awesome dutch shows i just finished: "Overspel" and "Penoza".

The show is a bit slow and the acting is less than stellar. But the worst bit is the total unrelastic ending.

I thoroughly enjoyed this miniseries. It meanders a bit here and there, but wow! I never would've guessed the ending and there are LOTS of surprising twists along the way. Engaging themes of love, justice, sacrifice and the unreliable narrator.

Okay, so it's been a bit since I've done a review, and mostly because what I've watched hasn't been all that great. Lately, I figured I'd catch up a little on Foreign Language Tv/Movies (A.K.A. "F.L.T.M."). So far I've watched as much as I could of this one and that one, there's even a couple I just may go back to. But, I've watched both The Cliff (2020) and The Schouwendam 12, and I have to say I enjoyed both of them........ there was excitement, romance, edge of your seat thrills......... and still the endings are as if everyone just got tired of making it anymore and got up and left!!! Yes, this may be a bit over dramatic, but really!!! We want stuff we want to watch, they won't know what we want if we don't tell them!!! And I've been shouting it from the roof tops!!! Focus On The Ending!!!! Focus On The Ending!!!! Focus On The Ending!!!!!!! PLEASE, I'm begging you now. You've got us here on quarantine, an ultimate audience, entertain us!!!!!!!!

I found the premise and the early episodes very interesting but the final episodes of the 10 are quite ridiculous. I have to say the story "jumped the shark". No high production values or gorgeous scenery can compensate for a deficient concept and writing that goes for the sensational and leaves believability behind.