A slow starter that that takes a dark turn as it progresses into something more than just the average murder mystery. It then proceeds to blow it with trite observations about how the lives of others can so easily remind us of ourselves and the mistakes we have made.
The murders are grim and bloody and the acting fine, but somehow this does not really add up to the dark thriller promised on the Keepcase. This is because there is something awfully contrived about the whole affair that doesn't really allow us to give ourselves to it fully as a drama because we've seen it all done before – and better. The morbid and black humor doesn't improve matters much and we never find out why anyone here behaves in the way that they do; fatally undermining the rationale behind the murders - and our interest.
This somewhat lazy drama expects us to invest our emotions because of the initial death of a child. However, that is too cheap a trick to actually fool anyone.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Mýrin
[Jar City]
(2007)
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