This Easter I watched the first three episodes of the 100 Code on HBO Nordic. HBO usually delivers high-quality. Over the years I have enjoyed excellent series, such as The Wire and the recently released (in Scandinavia) first season of True Detective.
100 Code is probably my biggest disappointment so far and totally wasted time. Being shot in Stockholm it is supposedly going to capture a Swedish context, which it largely fails to. In my assessment (as Swedish by birth and ethnicity), the 100 Code brings out the biggest clichés about Sweden in order to sell it to an American or international audience.
The actors are poor including the "small guy" American detective. Michael Nyqvist is the only exception, in trying to raise this series to a higher level. In vain though, as the other actors are so poor by any standards.
A pity for Swedish film industry that has done, and can do so much better.
As one plus (raising my vote to 2) is that it qualifies under the Swedish label of a "kalkonfilm", i.e. a production that is so cheesy it can even be amusing.
100 Code is probably my biggest disappointment so far and totally wasted time. Being shot in Stockholm it is supposedly going to capture a Swedish context, which it largely fails to. In my assessment (as Swedish by birth and ethnicity), the 100 Code brings out the biggest clichés about Sweden in order to sell it to an American or international audience.
The actors are poor including the "small guy" American detective. Michael Nyqvist is the only exception, in trying to raise this series to a higher level. In vain though, as the other actors are so poor by any standards.
A pity for Swedish film industry that has done, and can do so much better.
As one plus (raising my vote to 2) is that it qualifies under the Swedish label of a "kalkonfilm", i.e. a production that is so cheesy it can even be amusing.