Advokaten

Normally I get anoyed having to listen to the switch between danish and swedish, but this series really catched me after a very short time. I think it's a great series where you follow the crimes in Denmark and how the criminals tries to get away with it all.

I think it only got even better in season two and I'm really hoping for a third season. I know some people find this a bad series looking from the first couple of episodes, but really watch it through, there's so much more that'll change most peoples opinnions on this series.

A thrilling Swedish production with superb acting above all, especially by Thomas Bo Larsen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Alexander Karim and Malin Buska.

It is superior in the storyline and acting and has weaknesses in editing and logic, in spite of a smoother season 2.

Would have loved if it had a third season. A fine Nordic Noir crime series.

• Screenplay/story: 8
• Development: 8.5
• Realism: 8.5
• Entertainment: 8.5
• Acting: 9
• Filming/cinematography: 8
• Special effects: 8
• Music/score: 8.5
• Depth: 8
• Logic: 7
• Flow: 8.5
• Suspense/drama: 8.5
• Ending/closure: 8.

It was entertaining but you have to swallow a lot of unrealistic nonsense in the process. Soo many crazy and ridiculous scenarios and situations they self-inflict upon themselves it can tend to be annoying. But even having said all that, I really liked Frank, the lead character, and so I pretty much watched to see how he was going to get them out of the messes they made for themselves. Seems like they open ended S2 for a possible S3, which I would watch too.

As a fan of Scandinavian crime series, I try to watch them as much as possible (well, at some point I have acknowledged that I have watched faster than new ones appear :) ), thus it is natural that Advokaten caught my eye.

Well, its ad made be a bit cautious about potential relying on political correctness, but no - it was not an incumbrance here. The events were not always too smooth, but the logic of events was in place, there were some nice twists, and the cast was strong and distinct (Danes somehow better than Swedes, Thomas Bo Larsen in particular). The latter´s role was not too big, but when visible, he just outperformed the others - like in many other films and series with his participation.

True, it is not on the level of Bron/Broen, but for those fond of Scandinavian series - not a disappointment. Even e.g. Alex, coming to light about the same time, is somewhat weaker.

I enjoyed it but did approach it with fairly low expectations having read the reviews of others. The weakest character in the series for me is Frank played by Alexander Karim ... I didn't think much of him in the Sandhamn Murders either, that actor deserves better roles ... but maybe he's just not up to it?

The plot jumps around all over the place and just drifts along at other times. That said it's still better than the majority of the pulp coming out of the US.