DVD Review
By Rama Gaind
The Killing – Volume 2 (Madman Entertainment)
Be prepared to feel emotionally gutted after watching this excellent thriller that successfully combines compelling writing, convincing acting and gleaming photography.
This is an inventive thriller in 10 episodes from Danish Radio TV Drama. In the course of 20 gripping days we follow leads and observe the consequences of a heinous crime that sees intense ramifications throughout Copenhagen. The Danish capital unfolds to reveal secrets and power struggles that are astounding.
It all starts when head of investigations in the homicide department has her last day at work before embarking on a new chapter in her life.
An all but normal family at Vesterbro are minding their everyday life and contemplate moving, when the parents are suddenly thrown into their worst imaginable nightmare. At the same time a top politician is involved in a ruthless but promising election campaign. They all become part of the same story as the police follow the leads. A homicide case begins and so does the hunt for the perpetrator, which changes the lives of everyone involved forever.
Very different people are bound together in the same fateful story as the investigation intensifies. The wide-reaching consequences touch bureaucrats at town hall, the blocked surrounds affecting immigrant circles, high school students’ concealed plan and those involved in ruthless election campaign.
This three-DVD set uncovers an emotional drama that’s not only character-driven with insights into their personal lives, but a crime drama with an absorbing mature intelligence.
