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Liebes Kind (2023)
The abduction thriller that manages to abduct itself
5 October 2023 - 3 out of 4 users found this review helpful.
This commits pretty much all the storytelling sins this type of abduction whodunit/whydunit could possibly commit.
- Writes itself into a corner from the very beginning.
- Comes up with a pretty chilling, interesting scenario, but fails to unravel it in a way that feels satisfying to the viewer, leaving a ton of plot holes and occurrences of questionable logic in its wake. These types of stories are usually very frontloaded, blowing most of their good ideas at the start. This one is a textbook example of this.
- As usual, there is a moment when whoever is being held captive seems safe again. Of course we know that that's not true because the story is far form over. But still, the tension drops a lot and is never able to recover.
- The more is revealed to the viewer, the more the tension drops even further. In this series a certain reveal almost made me laugh out loud.
And the police are bumbling, troubled and incompetent because this has been en vogue in German crime media for ages and doesn't seem to go away because whoever greenlights them seems to think this sells.
Still, I recommend watching this one if you have nothing better to do. It really starts out quite strong before it runs out of steam a couple episodes in.
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