The Darkness

Everyone who reviewed this series so far has a valid point and, taken their individual pint of view, is accurate in his or her review. Not much to add here other than, for me, it was a huge disappointment. Only the addition of Jack Bannon, kept me from watching the series to it's torturous end.

What really got to me was the incredibly bad depiction of the Icelandic police force. If taken at face value, every policeman and policewoman is either an utter moron or too lazy to work. Everything in this series related to police work, police procedures and internal police management is so wrong, one questions the sanity of the person who wrote the script.

This could have been an excellent psychological twister-thriller, if the writer(s) wouldn't have assumed that the general viewing audience is comprised of morons as well.

3 Stars for the otherwise good, not great, performances of the lead actors and, of course, Jack Bannon.

I have seen many of the Nordic Noir / Crime series such as The Bridge, The Killing, Wallander, Beck, Trapped, Valhalla Murders, Karppi, etc. And I can assure you that this is one of the worst series in this genre that I have ever watched. The acting is so overreacting that you cannot stand it and I did not like the way how Lena Olin performs. On the other hand, there are plotholes in this series. I wish it was not so easy to guess who the killer was. It did not meet my expectations at all and I recommend you to skip these series and instead watch Den Som Draeber (Those Who Kill) series instead of wasting your time with this one. I give 3 over 10 only because it was filmed in Iceland.

I was originally going to skip this one based on a couple of reviews I'd read but decided to give it a shot, and I'm glad I did.

The scenery is stunning and atmospheric, and is essentially a character in its own standing. It has strengthened my resolve to visit Iceland one day!

The story I found to be captivating - it hooked me in and kept me watching. It is a suspenseful and emotional storyline, and the cast did a great job with their performances, especially the Icelandic actors performing in English. Kudos to them.

I look forward to a second season and seeing more of what this team has to offer.

We watched other Icelandic crime series before so we had high expectations, especially seeing Douglas Henshall's name amongst the actors, but we were soon disappointed. The conversations were absurd at points, serious plotholes, unexplored themes. The acting was terrible, especially Lena Olin. It was theatrical and ridiculous. The only actor who was almost good was Jack Bannon. We really wanted to believe that it could get better as we watch but no; it got worse and worse, to the point where we could not watch the last 20 minutes. Everything was cringe. It is sad that this story was butchered, it could have been good if it was done differently.

You'd think that a combination of Ragnar Jonasson, Lasse Halstrom, Lena Olin and Douglas Henshal would result in something very special, but this series is just an irritating mess. I abandoned it before the end of the second episode and reading many of the reviews here I'm glad it's not me. Avoid. I agree with just about every criticism in the reviews.