Alex

Alex

When you think of Swedish crime drama you first will think of wallander and beck. Those are the old. Alex is the new!

Alex feels fresh and genuine. In the leading male we see Dragomir Mrsic (snabba cash) and leading female Malin Arvidsson (Arne Dahl, Vitt skräp).

The story is focused around Alex a dirty cop. He gets more and more dragged in to where he should not be.

This is an intense series. Smart directed and fast paced.

I would recommend everyone to at least give it a shoot. If you want to see Wallander this is not for you. If you want to see Wallander x 10 this is for you!

Within the first few frames of the movie, the main plot is revealed, and it's as old as the hills. I won't talk about it or my review will be classed as containing a 'spoiler'. The acting is quite good and the sets and scenery is as well. The casting was, for the most part at least, reasonably good but the writing.....it's SO predictable that almost every crisis-point is telegraphed ahead and ANYTHING that might later be a clue is shamelessly fore-shadowed so clearly that even a neophyte can recognize them. The direction the 'plot' takes is so simple and singularly focused that events that would be UN-included in a serious series, are included and presented as casually as if it were a cartoon. The first episode was not terrible but from then on it becomes increasingly predictable and at the same time implausible. I was SERIOUSLY disappointed but then again.....why did I expect more Don't waste your time on this VERY THIN 'you'll get what's coming to you" police drama...it's not worth it.

Last decade or so has seen so many good Scandinavian crime series that been-there-seen-that feeling is easy to arise, particularly in a relatively small country like Sweden where the number of film actors is not too big. Moreover, it is hard to believe that Swedish police force have to deal with so severe issues as depicted, and many scenes and solutions tend to imitate UK and US related series...

Dragomir Mrsic as Alex Leko is convincing though, but his co-performers are not too memorable, and the whole series lags behind such recent Swedish series as Innan vi dör or Springfloden, for example. On the other hand, if you like Snabba cash or Pusher type of works, then Alex is a logical follow-up.

I expected some kind of Swedish SHIELD or even BRAQUO, the tale of a rogue cop, as I crave for. But this series is not gritty, dark and brutal enough for me. The editing looks more than a movie, a long theater released film than a series. OK, there is much suspense but I repeat, that's not gloomy enough for my taste, the cop is not rotten enough for me. Maybe I expect too much, maybe, but I would like to have a real nasty head character, real disgusting character to change. This is not a real bad cop for me, as Richard Gere was in INTERNAL AFFAIRS. That was a real bad ass, and with style please.

If you like this kind of tense thrillers, with blood now and then, don't miss it! The burocracy of the police goes too far...! The rich politicians are often only thinking on living well , big house, expensive cars, ... etc... with their gold credit card, but they don't do enough to catch the real baddd guysss. That is the whole point of this series! Loved it! Amazed by the low rating and bad reviews!