Roslund & Hellström: Box 21

The story is well conceived and well acted. At times, it is both grim and hard-hitting.

Fiction aside, the viewer may even be prompted to pause and consider the real girls who choose this risky way out of a dead-end life.

If those aspects came across well, then there were also some misgivings. As a theme, sex-trafficking, drugs and violence has been done to death in recent years, so it would take something very special to stand out from the crowd. This didn't quite hit those heights.

It should also be pointed out - and I've seen others mention it too - that the dialogue is frequently too abrupt to be realistic. - 7.7/10.

Firstly the user that gave it tens stars has one review in their IMDB history, meaning they are probably in some way affiliated with this production. I'l keep it short: I'm a fan of Scandinavian noir police procedurals. But at this point a fair LOT of total garbage is being made in this genre and this is a perfect example. The acting is just unbelievably bad. so is the script dialogue and plot. Worst of all it deploys the same tropes and spot cliches that are becoming utterly tedious in the genre: Immigrant victim? Check. Lots of didactic moralizing? check. Ending plot twist to wrap everything in a bow, but is insulting to intelligence of audience? Check.

Unlike Mr/Mrs 25 Feb 2020 ..I loved this series!! I am not going to shred it. I enjoyed it. Can't wait for season 2 !!

Watch, enjoy, think.

If you want to be 'wowed' by a quick fix, move on. Thought the Scandinavian series had got stuck in a rut, this proved me wrong.

I'm just glad I didn't read the reviews before hand and would of probably steered clear. Thanks I didn't. This 6 part drama has it all. Don't listen to the doubters, it's great right up until the final second.