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I was quite surprised, good and entertaining thriller drama crime type of serie in the very original and unusual setting of South Africa.

8/10

Reminiscent of The Wire but with a different setting and very different cast of characters. Slow paced by today's standards but it allows the actors to actually act rather than running around with lots of jump cuts to make every scene seem hectic, don't get me wrong there is a decent amount of action but its used for effect in the story telling rather then being the main course. If more writers and directors aimed at producing something like this then we would see more exceptional shows rather then the drudge we are currently witnessing. Hopefully sometime soon people will realize that relying purely on spectacle has a diminishing return on investment but good storytelling is eternal.

A series produced in South Africa with superb scenic scenes of Cape Town and the natural beauty of South Africa, makes a most entertaining and thrilling complex movie. Though not difficult to follow it has many interesting angles to keep one guessing where it is leading to.

Beautifully filmed with excellent lighting makes it so much different from the run of the mill American productions. Worth a watch!

Update: Having now seen all 6 episodes, the latter installments ran out of steam and the conclusion was a bit muddled, influencing reduction of the series rating to 6.

Good script, good action but the acting was dire. Great twist at the end, in fact several twists throughout. Seems to be left to enable a second series. I hope so because I can forgive the awful acting because the script was so good.

Enjoyed the series. Suspenseful, unexpected turns in the storyline. Highly recommended