Bullets

This started off pretty good for one or two episodes, and I really like these cold weather foreign language series and films, but then took a slow meandering turn for the worste. None of the characters really grabbed me although I like several of the actors and have seen them in other higher rated shows. Not much excitement or anything special happens in this show but it still made me stay, begrudgingly, till the end. If a season 2 happens I hope they narrow the plot lines and really juice up the mystery and action. I rated this a 6, watchable.

The show has quite an interesting plot with the usual characteristics of Nordic Noir shows, dark mood, gloomy weather, dark atmosphere, political issues and detectives with a disturbing and complicated past. Personally I liked it. Perhaps it is not as great as "The bridge", "Bordertown", "Deadwind" and "The Valhalla murders" but definitely worth watching.

I found this a refreshing and riveting divergence from the many so called " Scandi/Nordic Noir " series , many of which, but not all , are very good viewing and some excellent viewing . This one departs from , what has become a boring storyline , of the Detective / Journalist / Lawyer returning to their hometown , for whatever reasons ( usually a funeral ) and becoming enveloped in some long dormant or fresh crime which requires them to prolong their visit . This is a completely different plot based more on Terrorist Crimes as opposed to the usual array of sexual deviant crimes and I couldnt wait to see the next episode . Despite some obvious and unbelievable scenarios and the Finnish Security/Intelligence Services being so under manned that the had to co-opt Rag , Tag and Bobtail from the Drugs Squad , it had the making of an excellent thriller but , trying not to give any spoilers in what is still a very watchable series , in my opinion it got clogged down in sentimentality and over did the " what makes people do this " excuses . Still a good watch but , for me , it became a bit of a let down as the " noir " became pink Rose's

Maybe I was spoiled by watching All The Sins, another Finnish series which was really well done, but this is too plodding, full of plotholes and unresolved tracks. The whole thing could have been done in 90 minutes instead of ten episodes.

This series uses complex characters well portrayed by the actors to carefully build suspense and tension. It's not a simplistic cops and baddies narrative. Well worth the journey with them.