Clark

As Episode 1 of "Clark" (2022 release from Sweden); 6 episodes of about 55 min each) opens, it is "Trollhattan 1947" as a Swedish woman is about to give birth, but only when the baby decides it's ready to come out! "My first jailbreak", comments the Clark Olofsson character in the voice-over. It is the beginning of a wild ride. After a quick brush on his youth, we go to 1965, when he was 16-17 and gets into trouble for stealing from the Swedish Prime Minister's summer house. No, really! At this point we are less than 15 minutes into Episode 1.

Couple of comments: this is the latest from Swedish director Jonas Akerland, best known for his many music videos (which has won him 3 Grammys). Here he takes a look at what is being billed as Sweden's first "celebrity gangster", and whose bank robberies led to the term "Stockholm Syndrome". This is anything but your ordinary true-crime mini-series. In fact, with clever editing and by approaching this with irreverence, Akerland, tongue firmly in cheek, delivers a zany and thoroughly entertaining mini-series. The best episodes are the early ones, when we are fully submersed in the 1960s. It felt at times like Pink Panther-meets-Austin Powers, but much zippier. (Be sure to check out the many, many cars from that era. Just fabulous.) Bill Skarsgard (as Clark) is seemingly very much enjoying himself with this series. And why not.

"Clark" premiered last week on Netflix, releasing all 6 episodes at once. If you are in the mood for a true crime mini-series that is anything but ordinary, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

Clark Olofsson's crazy story. How much is true is hard to say. However, it is a pity that director Jonas Åkerlund felt compelled to change history to make better TV. What's the point of making a series about Olofsson if you still intend to invent half of the events? Whether the story is true or not, the series is still entertaining.

Good special effects and editing. Very fun series and editing one of the reasons. The actors are also good and fun.

A serie that is a mixture of a friendly and clever criminal and a pathetic unprepared Swedish police. Therefore, so the history had to be told as a comedy.

Amazing, fast, funny, harsh, hilarious at times, dry humor, bombastic, black humor, you name it, they checked all the boxes. Binge-worthy !

Based on a true character but not a thing you must know. Cinematographic masterpiece, Bill Skarsgård obviously had fun making this role his own.

I won't go into the story, but I highly recommend it.

Bill did great as always! And congrutalations to Emil Beer for his Netflix debut!! It was a great serie with both action and comedy. I strongly recommend!!