Rogermex

Damn good show. Excellent crime/mystery/detection. Set in New Zealand, it does a great job of featuring the Maori culture, of which are many of the main characters. Excellent actors doing a fine job. Very gripping. After season one you can get into season two and be glad to do so. Fine direction and cinematography. Not your usual scenery, very beautiful.

It is a masterpiece for director Edward Berger, who made "Conclave." And a very big win for Colin Farrell. Farrell deserves a best actor nomination - but who knows whoever will "win." It reminds me of Joseph Conrad - a character in a self-constructed existential crisis with everything on the line. The theme is gambling, but the meaning is about selfhood and moral choices, contrary to "luck." Very exciting cinematography and wonderful music. Farrell is phenomenal and carries the movie on his shoulders, but assisted by Tilda Swinton and others. Do not miss this one!

I can't account either for the poor taste of people giving this show low stars. It is excellently done in all respects. High quality neo-noir and with humor. Reminds me of the Coens, but then so many productions these days remind me of the Coens. Very believable incredible characters (that's an oxymoron, right?). A pleasure to see Kyle MacLachlan resurrect his EVIL Agent Cooper from David Lynch's final "Twin Peaks" masterpiece. A real treat to see Dinklage appear and raise the bar for the show.