The Cliff

In an isolated island country, with a low crime rate and small and at least distantly related population, it would be tricky and/or ridiculous to construct a crime story with lots of heavy criminals and weaponry involved. So you have to find some other points of references and develop them into a credible story - local practices, beliefs, landscape peculiarities...

All this is clearly visible in Hamarinn (The Cliff) where standard issue crime drama story lines and characters are intertwined with (super)natural phenomena and abilities, alas the latter are just depicted and, unlike the tragic event, would obtain no explanation or solution. True, the acting is good, beautifully harsh Icelandic nature visible, but there was still something that fell short for me, falling behind e.g. Ófærð and other films where Baltasar Kormákur is usually involved. Sometimes mysticism is not enough to make the series rounded - or provides unnecessary "simple solution" to worldly acts and thoughts.

Does anyone know if there was a series three made? This is an excellent series and number two ended like there would be more.

The lead male detective is good in his role and in Season 1 he develops a good repour with the woman detective. In Season 2, he never develops a solid partnership with the woman detective. Season 2 also has some serious plot holes. My wife and I would give it a 7.2 if we could. We enjoyed it, but it isn't a top-notch series.

Think "The Killing" substitute enverimentel issues for politics, add a touch of the supernatural, and you have "Hammarin", a 4 part drama from iceland. It all works very well. The acting is excellent.

I do love Nordic Crime series and Trapped is one of my favourites together with Katla from Iceland. Icelandic series have usually great landscape scenes. The Cliff has these kind of scenes as well. Nevertheless, one should not expect a great serie like Trapped from the Cliff. I am talking about the first season. I have not watched the second season which is called as the "Lava Field". The acting is alright but the story itself is very basic and it is not a huge mystery. There are some paranormal parts in the story. However, these parts looked like a bad copy of Bruce Willis' "The Sixth Sense" movie. For that reason, this serie is ok and it worths 6 points over 10.