Modus

The police work is laughable, which is a shame as the production is quite good. There are so many times when we had to laugh at how ridiculous the plot was, how unlikely the events, the total lack of police and security in what is a major crime of global proportion. The oh so bad opening song gives you a taste of what's to come.

This doesn't meet the higher standards I'm used to in watching Scandinavian shows (The Bridge, The Killing, Borgen, etc.). Frankly, it comes across as a a more lazy American version. Too bad.

Modus is a pretty well made TV series just like several other nice TV series made by swedes!

I think the reason for why i am pretty much into Modus is that it is pretty engaging. it really is pretty much like quite several other Swedish TV series such like Äkta Människor, Jordskott, Beck and even the comedy one Solsidan. The storytelling is so good and with that many characters making appearance, one never knows what connects all of them and what their true intention really is. Modus does not have a so unique or ground breaking subject in terms of the purpose of the wicked happenings committed so far in it. But the making of it combined with good directing, acting and cinematography gives this series a great atmosphere and quite a few mysteries to solve which, is also what has so far got me hooked for.

it surely is highly different from any America made TV series and it so far lives up to what i am always happy to see in a Swedish TV production. will continue follow the show till the end of the mysteries gets revealed!

'The Killing' established a certain template for Scandinavian crime drama: dark, moody, intense, understated, and with a tough, and not conventionally feminine, leading female protagonist. The recipe was followed pretty much exactly in 'The Bridge'; and many of the same elements are also present in 'Modus'. But for my money, 'The Killing' was great because of brilliant acting (and occasionally writing), rather than because it unlocked inherently magic elements, and for me, 'Modus' falls a bit flat. It's one thing to tell a complex multi-part story of a criminal investigation, one which impacts upon the private lives of its characters; but it's another to make this into a cohesive story, one which makes intrinsic sense and makes the viewer care beyond the latest twist. And to my mind, any plot based upon the idea of the serial killer with the premeditated plan is at a disadvantage even before it starts. 'Modus' isn't awfully done, and maybe I'm just a bit Scandi'd out, but it certainly lacks the freshness that the first season of 'The Killing' such a success.

Every time I think they're pulling out of the silliness, they dive back in. It's a shame.