Seizure

Well acted, very natural and realistic. Well done!

I am used to watching Scandi, French and Belgian noir and thoroughly enjoying it. I am used to disliking or failing to bond with almost all the characters, in fact I would be suspicious if there was someone I actually liked. I am used to slow starts, gradual and complex storylines, so I was prepared to forgive Seizure at first, assuming it would all fall into place eventually. But this show was excruciating. What at first appeared to be a story about an investigation into the drowning death of four young asylum seekers became a confusing supernatural introspective of the two investigating police officers who both feel guilt and responsibility for unrelated recent events. And the eels. And the water.... And the flashbacks, nightmares and pseudo reality. It was crap. The only reason I gave it two stars was because of some of the acting. I can't believe I watched it through to the end.

... this was a tough one to stick with all the way through... brought to watching by Danielsen Lie having just seen him in The Worst Person in the World where he was great... disappointed by Seizure... just so consistently-confusingly dark-cinematography, with a story to match... was hoping as it went along that it would become clearer what was happening, but it never does

... one of those films you expect-hope would become better-understood with another viewing or two.. yet you're just not at all sure you want to put in the time-effort.

Besatt started interesting and promising, but then the dreams and flashbacks began to add confusion (some remained totally unclear), and the course of events and construction of scenes became too far-fetched. Well, Oslo is not among the biggest city in the world, but the intertwining of past and present was a bit too much within a small group of people, and several supporting characters did not provide additional value to the Series. So, suddenly the final episode had to finalise stuff not properly dealt with before, becoming a hasty round-up of otherwise protracted scenes. The main cast, the 2 (Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Anders Danielsen Lie), are well performed, not talkative and pensive as Norwegians tend to be,.. But the best performance is apparently by Marius Kolbenstvedt, although his character had too little significance for the whole narration. So, Besatt is not a flop, but rather mediocre, as Norway has produced many really interesting and versatile series this century. It is not a must to see.

I don't know what I just watched. Nothing was explained. The eels. Supernatural? I don't know. You couldn't tell. Don't waste your time on this show.