Before We Die

This is a straight remake of a 2017 Swedish Series which can also be found on All4. I watched it earlier this year and It's vastly superior to this.

For me the adaptation didn't travel well or ring true set in Bristol but shot in Brussels? Lesley Sharp is an excellent actress but she has too much to do here as the supporting cast around her is very weak. Direction was mediocre with a lot of forced scenes, the score was busy and cheesy often telegraphing the action or destroying the drama within scenes. A poor script with much clunky dialogue.

Overall the remake felt dumbed down and a lot of the relationships didn't work. The original was subtle and built slowly but this one gave away the plot cheaply.

If you haven't seen the original and liked the first episode stick with it as the series storyline has a great pay-off. But if you weren't convinced by the first episode and enjoy Scandi Noir watch the original Series on All4 as it's miles better.

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.

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 have been somewhat surprised at the number of low marks given to this series. Some people even giving it one out of 10 which is quite frankly ridiculous. I have watched the original Scandinavian version and this version and whilst the Scandinavian is better this is by no means a bad remake let's face it some of the remakes of programs like the killing, the bridge, and the girl with the dragon tattoo. Have not been as good as the originals That does not mean that they don't stand up as decent shows in their own right.

I sometimes think when you get these remakes people seem to take pleasure in dishing them because they think they Are superior because they've watched a program with subtitles. I would agree with some Reviewers that Some of the performances were not great but I thought the lead actors did a decent job, so my Advice give it a go to Particularly if you have not seen the original. 7 out of 10.