The plot is borderline parodic in its lack of originality - it's like if you asked a class full of people taking a creative writing course to pen a crime thriller and then had the team from the Zakopane tourism board edit the script.
Reclusive protagonist with a questionable past, a drug problem and a lack of respect for the rules, who also happens to have slept with every female character? Tick.
Bad guy with an eye patch who used to be a Nazi? Tick.
Snowy, moody backdrop? Tick.
Angry boss who locks horns with his subordinate at every chance? Tick.
However, if you get past that, it's actually well made; the cinematography is of a high quality and the acting is solid. Even the script is alright, which is saying something considering the plot on which it had to hang.
There is actually a reasonably good twist at the end, which would mean we'd be in for a second series if it wasn't on Netflix - seeing the reviews here, it'll definitely get canned before they have a chance to wrap it up, which is a bit of a shame. I must say, I am surprised at the amount of reviews here suggesting it's a poor ending - I actually thought the series improved (slightly) as it went and the finale was just as good as anything else you watch before that point; perhaps some people didn't like the fact it ended on a cliff-hanger? Either that, or I've misinterpreted the ending as a cliff-hanger, and it is indeed an astronomically nonsensical 'deus ex machina' ending. However, I suspect I am correct on this one and it was really intended to keep us guessing into the second series.
Anyway, if you're after something to kill the time and you fancy looking at cutscenes of the Tatra mountains, then give it a go. If not, I wouldn't worry about missing it.
Reclusive protagonist with a questionable past, a drug problem and a lack of respect for the rules, who also happens to have slept with every female character? Tick.
Bad guy with an eye patch who used to be a Nazi? Tick.
Snowy, moody backdrop? Tick.
Angry boss who locks horns with his subordinate at every chance? Tick.
However, if you get past that, it's actually well made; the cinematography is of a high quality and the acting is solid. Even the script is alright, which is saying something considering the plot on which it had to hang.
There is actually a reasonably good twist at the end, which would mean we'd be in for a second series if it wasn't on Netflix - seeing the reviews here, it'll definitely get canned before they have a chance to wrap it up, which is a bit of a shame. I must say, I am surprised at the amount of reviews here suggesting it's a poor ending - I actually thought the series improved (slightly) as it went and the finale was just as good as anything else you watch before that point; perhaps some people didn't like the fact it ended on a cliff-hanger? Either that, or I've misinterpreted the ending as a cliff-hanger, and it is indeed an astronomically nonsensical 'deus ex machina' ending. However, I suspect I am correct on this one and it was really intended to keep us guessing into the second series.
Anyway, if you're after something to kill the time and you fancy looking at cutscenes of the Tatra mountains, then give it a go. If not, I wouldn't worry about missing it.