This four part 'Wallander' story features Rolf Lassgard as the Ystad detective. Having returned home from a holiday with his father he is told about a missing person; he drives out to the man's remote house and makes a grizzly discovery; the man is found impaled an bamboo spikes. In an apparently separate case there is a break in at a florists; nothing has been stolen though and the assistant says that the owner is out of the country studying orchids; it isn't considered a major crime until he too turns up dead; strung up in the woods having been brutally killed. As the investigation continues it becomes apparent that somebody he killing men they believe either killed or abused women. Before the case is over Kurt will suffer a personal tragedy and one of his team will be shot!
I had seen the BBC version of this story but that lacks the depth of this version as it is much shorter. This version almost has the feel of a horror movie at times with its use of hand held 'shaky-cams' and very image; I found that this suited the gruesome subject matter although it does get too shaky at one point. Once again Rolf Lassgard does a great job as Wallander. The story is well told and the killer isn't a total monster; in fact when we learn what happened to cause her to start killing one can't help but be sympathetic even though her actions are clearly wrong.
I had seen the BBC version of this story but that lacks the depth of this version as it is much shorter. This version almost has the feel of a horror movie at times with its use of hand held 'shaky-cams' and very image; I found that this suited the gruesome subject matter although it does get too shaky at one point. Once again Rolf Lassgard does a great job as Wallander. The story is well told and the killer isn't a total monster; in fact when we learn what happened to cause her to start killing one can't help but be sympathetic even though her actions are clearly wrong.
