Den som dræber

Finished watching the only season of this Danish TV serial which is being remade for US right now. Every episode is almost 1.5 hrs, characters are same but every episode comes up with a new serial killer to analysis and catch. A female lead detective pairs with a talented but problematic forensic psychiatrist to catch these killers. They all have their share of personal problems to handle. Katrine(Detective) has been abused as a child by her stepfather and Thomas(FP) always grasping to retain balance between his work or job that he desires and his family.

Now the stories. Every serial killer is different, everyone has their own way of thinking and different way of killing. Thomas analysis the methodology of the killer in his own way, links up the puzzles that help Katrine catch the killer. Some stories are brilliant, some are average, but overall there were lots of excitement and intelligent stuff. After watching so many hightech series some might seem quite amateurish but actually they are not. Ratings might not seem that much convincing but its not as bad as rating says.

There's one more thing. I know the Scandinavians were amongst the first to give women empowerment but three Scandinavian serial killing TV series I watched and all three of them has the female lead protagonist. I am not being misogynist or against women empowerment rather the opposite, but sometimes it feels a bit cliché. I love Scandinavian crime production and I can't but to be partial!

Overall my rating: 8/10

Those Who Kill - Den Son Draeber - 10 Episodes -2011

Quite difficult to believe this was the source material for the Apple series of the same name.

This series was a very traditional teaming up of a police homicide unit with a criminal psychologist, just like Cracker! The murders were complex and gruesome and mainly resolved within the episode.

The acting was brilliant the stories unpredictable and yes, whilst there were some quite ridiculous plot twist this was sacrificed for the story. Laura Bach was great as was Jakob Cedergren, they should have made some more series.

I think this is a firm 7 out of 10 for unpredictability.

Watched the whole series and thought was quite good.... The plot is different in each episode but tends to have a psychological thought behind each of the murders..which the lead is adept at recognizing...of course not before a few lambs have been sacrificed to the killer The direction is pretty good and makes it a fast paced interesting watch The fact that we have to follow the English subtitles probably means we pay more attention and in the process we tend to get less distracted and like it more. Somehow felt better than the various US crime series, much better than the psychic ones. The research done on the thought process of the human mind is what makes this a intriguing series and a must watch for the people who like crime thrillers.

Another great Scandinavian series. The horror that a serial killer roams the streets becomes true. Wonderful suspense great characters who come too life. No in depth characters like e.g. in the killing but still great entertainment and I was sorry to find out that there was no sequence. Like I said these is still plenty too enjoy in these series. I indeed looked forward to every new episode. If you are looking for a well made detective series you will not be disappointed by those who kill. In these years that there are coming wonderful series from the north.You do fall in love with the tormented characters and their problems they face in their private lives Go on Danes and keep on making series like this one.

Bit apprehensive at first to watch a movie with subtitles again but these type of movies/series you really need to watch in it's original language (its actually fun trying to understand words, you'll be surprised how much you'll actually pickup). It's a very good series, believable in many ways. There are nut cases out there indeed, maybe not as sophisticated as these in the series but it's filmed in a believable way. It's not about all guns blazing, it's about characters, mistakes, reality which is what makes this so good. If you're after action, car chases, explosions, machine gun fire, you're in the wrong place. If you like mystery, bit of love, bit of human relations, bit of thriller, watch it. It's not a 10 as I think there is some acting that could be improved on and maybe conclusions are sometimes a bit far fetched/too easy found, but a 9 is pretty damn high I would think.