6/27/2023 0 Comments Faceless killers videoReviewed by Martin Liebman, October 27, 2010 Kenneth Branagh impresses in this bleak but satisfying BBC series. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Richard McCabe, Jeany Spark, Sarah Smart, Sadie Shimmin, Tom Hiddleston Writers: Henning Mankell, Richard Cottan, Simon Donald, James Dormer, Peter Harness, Richard McBrien Includes all six feature-length episodes from the first and second series.įor more about Wallander and the Wallander Blu-ray release, see Wallander Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on Octowhere this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.ĭirectors: Benjamin Caron, Philip Martin, Niall MacCormick, Hettie Macdonald, Aisling Walsh, Andy Wilson Baffling crimes and seemingly motiveless murders are investigated by Wallander leading to surprising and shocking discoveries in these compelling films. Inspector Kurt Wallander struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in beautiful Southern Sweden. My star rating is therefore based on personal enjoyment only.Wallander Blu-ray delivers great video and decent audio in this overall recommended Blu-ray release I tried to move past my own preconceptions of this book, but it is still too violent for my own taste. I can appreciate this book status as a first of its kind and am glad to have read it. That is something that really marks the time of writing for this book. I also found it interesting to read about East-Germans trying out their newfound freedom by travelling to Sweden. The one change in general attitude to asylum seekers is that they no longer are offhandedly regarded as either opportunists or victims, there is a third category feared now: terrorists. I also appreciate the handling of the immigration issues that are actually still (or again) very relevant in society today, yet not openly talked about. My involvement does not go so far as to want to read more of these books, however. I got to care about his life and would want to know how it all will pan out. The level of personal drama in the main character's life is very realistic. Until the very question of the why behind the outrageous use of violence did explicitly not get solved. Towards the end, the solution seemed to come together nicely. Due to the "1001-books to read before you die"-status, and the elements of realism in the personal life of the main character, I kept giving the story the benefit of the doubt. There is too much violence, too much gruesomeness for me to handle. I used to think he was overrated, but I might have to revise my opinion, since I actually liked this police procedural and wouldn't mind reading more in the series.Įven though I like to read detective stories/ mysteries, Scandinavian detectives do not agree with me. I'm assuming this book is on the list because Mankell was one of the authors that pioneered the 'Nordic Noir' genre. The story itself reminded me of Truman Capote's In cold blood, in that an isolated house is targeted and that there initially didn't seem to be any motives for the murders. Wallander has a sympathetic characters, very human and flawed. ![]() A refugee camp is attacked and suddenly the police have two murders on their hands. ![]() ![]() Then the public finds out that the police suspects foreigners might have been involved and xenophobia rears its ugly head. The murders seems meaningless, the family didn't have a lot of money or valubles in the house, and they didn't seem to have any enimies. The theme of racial hatred stems from the influx of foreigners seeking asylum and the political and social problems that occur.Īn old man and his wife are found murdered in an isolated farmhouse, and Kurt Wallander and his team of policemen have a hard job finding the killers. ![]() It is a 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die but other than being Swedish I am not sure what it offers in the development of the novel. It's a decent mystery of the police procedural type and like most mystery thriller's easy to read. As the first book of a series, we are introduced to Wallander, a man in his forties, his wife has left him, his daughter is not talking to him and his aging father is ornery and possibly senile. This word causes an outbreak of racial hatred when it is leaked to the press. There is no clues except for a word spoken by the woman prior to her death. He is called out to an isolated farmhouse and discovers a heinous murder of an old farmer and his wife. The story is set in Sweden, it is January 1990 and Wallander is covering for the chief who is on vacation. It is the first in the series featuring the senior police officer Kurt Wallander. Mod Faceless Killers is a 1991, police procedural mystery by Swedish author Henning Mankell and translated from the Swedish by Steven T.
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