***Big Spoiler Alert***
I've seen all the Branaugh, Lassgard & Henrickson versions and while I like them all, their Wallanders are all very different. And while this story has the same title as the Branaugh version it's different enough to keep me interesting.
But while I never expect the cops in Ystad to act like the Strike Team on The Shield, you would hope they use their brains.
Two cops come across a van with explosives in the woods while their searching for a kidnapped baby. Instead of disabling the van while they follow the baby's cries, they just walk right past it.
Then the cops shoot the driver and stop the van. Of course then one of the cops lets the female passenger get her gun and they drive off toward a church they want to blow up. Man, how hard is it to catch a criminal.
Of course the church is being guarded by police with rifles and they get a call the van is coming their way. So what do the cops do? Well of course they go into the packed church and tell everyone to leave all the while getting stuck in the middle of the crowd. Maybe they could have set up on the road to shoot and disable the truck as it's coming toward the church? Instead some of the people were sitting ducks in front of the church right next to the road.
I can overlook the anti-religious theme, I've watched enough Morse and Lewis to almost expect it. But if this were a realistic depiction of the police in Sweden the criminal community of Europe must be flooding in there because they don't have to worry too much from the police.
If you can get past how much more depressing the Branaugh Wallander is, his version is more interesting and less frustrating. Henrikkson is a less volatile and moody KW but carries the role OK.
I've seen all the Branaugh, Lassgard & Henrickson versions and while I like them all, their Wallanders are all very different. And while this story has the same title as the Branaugh version it's different enough to keep me interesting.
But while I never expect the cops in Ystad to act like the Strike Team on The Shield, you would hope they use their brains.
Two cops come across a van with explosives in the woods while their searching for a kidnapped baby. Instead of disabling the van while they follow the baby's cries, they just walk right past it.
Then the cops shoot the driver and stop the van. Of course then one of the cops lets the female passenger get her gun and they drive off toward a church they want to blow up. Man, how hard is it to catch a criminal.
Of course the church is being guarded by police with rifles and they get a call the van is coming their way. So what do the cops do? Well of course they go into the packed church and tell everyone to leave all the while getting stuck in the middle of the crowd. Maybe they could have set up on the road to shoot and disable the truck as it's coming toward the church? Instead some of the people were sitting ducks in front of the church right next to the road.
I can overlook the anti-religious theme, I've watched enough Morse and Lewis to almost expect it. But if this were a realistic depiction of the police in Sweden the criminal community of Europe must be flooding in there because they don't have to worry too much from the police.
If you can get past how much more depressing the Branaugh Wallander is, his version is more interesting and less frustrating. Henrikkson is a less volatile and moody KW but carries the role OK.