johnaskew

After 20 minutes I thought it was for kids, after 50 minutes I thought it was rubbish but because we were over halfway we decided to watch the rest of this wasteful movie, wasteful because it used very good actors, wasteful because this could have been made into a great thriller, wasteful because I will never get back that hour, forty nine minutes and fifty three seconds of my life. Would I recommend this movie to a friend? No, would I recommend this movie to an enemy? No, that's how much I think this movie is bad, very bad. So bad I am now simply drivelling on to make up the minimum character count. There you go, over 600.

The new series is quite easy to watch, a bit like a Hallmark program but still watchable. However, I have one issue with this series which is tempting me to stop, the actress playing Olympia is driving me nuts, bad bad acting, speaks at 100 miles per hour, why? She is overacting, nervous hence the fast talking. Maybe I am wrong as I have not seen her in any other TV drama but even so she is sapping the enjoyment out of this series. I have just read something that is depressing in that she is in all 10 episodes of the first series. Dear God, if there is a second series let there be a new story they are following away from this odd law firm.

Great series (1) great locations, convincing acting good storyline, I can imagine it being like this after a deadly outbreak, everyone fending for themselves, and a few who survive, are doing it by cooperation with others. At times shocking, sad, violent and sometimes funny, but most of the time you are kept on the edge of your seat and it feels like you are actually there with them, struggling to survive.

I watched episodes 1 through 8 of series 1, I really hope I manage to see series 2. I feel there is a lot of good stuff to come out of Russia, unfortunately as usual the people are the innocents in real life, the leaders are ruining the lives of the people.