MarkCommode

I've just finished watching all 3 seasons of this wonderful Polish drama on Netflix. I found it wonderful in so many ways. I've only read the positive reviews and would concur with their sentiments. The stories and threads intertwine beautifully but you must watch the series in order. I feel sorry for anyone who starts with series 3, they will probably wonder what the hell is going on, get confused and possibly stop watching.

A slow burner, but stick with it, you will not be disappointed. Set in a humdrum and drab small Polish backwater town which hides a million secrets going back as far as the 2nd world war, the various threads seemingly unrelated come together, and what originally may appear as confusing makes perfect sense several episodes later.

As an English speaker I started with the dubbed version, but as with virtually all non English speaking shows I found the dubbed version dreadful and annoying, and very quickly reverted back to the Polish original with subtitles. I find it concentrates the mind better and believe me you have to concentrate on the dialogue otherwise you will miss out on so many details. The stories flit between 1945, 1985, 1997, and 1999 so keep listening and reading! If you're one of those people without the patience to follow the storyline closely, or indeed need every little detail explaining and conveniently resolved each episode then this show is probably not for you.

It's really difficult to write 600 words about something quite as bad as this film. Truly awful, but not in a nice way. The script appears to have been written by a 12 year old, cartoon characters, an actress touching 80 who apparently is a chief constable, another actress playing possibly the worst version of a Met detective ever. I don't think there was any British crime drama cliche unused. Literally no suspense, the ending was pathetic, and amazingly it was left that there could be a Renegades 2 in the pipeline. Honestly who writes this stuff? I can't believe I watched it all the way through, though to be fair I did laugh out loud at times at the absurdity of the storyline. Oh well it's back to 20 year re-runs of The Bill on the Drama Channel for me.

Firstly let me say that I have not yet watched the 2023 Christopher Nolan film so no comparisons from me. All I will say is that I binge watched all 7 episodes over a 24 hrs period. Compared to modern day offerings the production values from 1980 seem positively prehistoric but the series loses nothing and the superb script and acting more than makes up for it. If you're after CGI action and big bangs look elsewhere. If you want an intelligent script that doesn't treat the viewer as an idiot then this is for you. I'm not sure I want to watch the 2023 film anymore to be honest. Once finished I read the Wiki page on Robert Oppenheimer to find out even more, the script appears to be a truthful telling of the tale. Thoroughly recommended.