Dirigenten

The presentation and building up of the plot and characters is indeed promising. Sadly it fades out into solutions that both are too obvious as they also try to keep up a complexity where the aspects revealed become exaggerated. Still, the play is kept in a mellow mood in an effort to maintain realism, and many characters are credible, though the plot developes away from credibility, and rather far into a slow emotional drama. This way much of the thriller feeling is lost. Several actors do a brilliant job, some of the extras not, and it's always gratifying to experience a well-balanced soundtrack.

In spite of hopes and wishes from the 1990ies, Russia has not "westernised", but has somewhat imported its approaches and modus operandi into relations and dealings with the West. In Moscow Noir, most events take place in Russia, with most performers of non-Russian origin, enabling to develop events and scenes with additional thrill and appropriate mood.

Adam Pålsson is good as usual (perhaps his character is somewhat less interesting than in Innan vi dör), and he has many pleasant co-actors to side with him, enabling to wend his way through cruelty, greed and betrayal. True, this Series includes again some talks in horrible Russian and I figured the main wrongdoer out a bit too early, but as for entirety, the 8 episodes were pleasant to follow and are recommended to those not against of political elements in a thriller.

Partly to be juxtaposed with the BBC´s McMafia.

A very good and well acted series! I highly recommend a watch you won't get disappointed! And by far the best thing that TV4 has been involved in so far!

Very effective thriller with excellent character distribution, even the minor roles have a unique presence that adds complexity and intensity to the plot, which remains focused and gripping throughout.

The main weakness is the lack of a clear reason for all the killings, as the motive remains something of a political abstraction. And the secret antagonist is guessed far too soon. None the less it is is full of effective twists and turns and human elements that keeps the interest all the way.

This series has surprising turns all the time, exactly how a good tv-series should be. Highly recommended.