safsurfer Review of Dogs of Berlin

Dogs of Berlin (2018– )

Huge mix of social discord across a multitude of social structure.

[7/10 · 26 October 2019]

First off, this could have been so much better had it been grittier with more realistic violence, more and better sex, social 'clash' and ethnic conflict, not to mention more believable scenarios, characters, and timeline. All the characters in this film from neo nazis, drug dealers, game fixers, protection extorters, illegal gambling promoters, corrupt cops, homophobics, ethnic infiltrators, debt collectors, rappers, blackmailers, etc, etc....across different politics and ethnicities were just not quite believable because they all seemed to lack that 'edge'. Half due to acting and half to the script. Some seemed over acted and dramatized and maybe over fictionalized even....and some were just flat out not credible at all, but others were good enough to keep things interesting and wanting to know more and go on to the next episode. But with a title like 'Dogs of Berlin' I expected some extreme chatacters with a lot of violence, sex, and self destruction. If you're a bad guy then you got to portray a bad guy even when being good, its all about demeanor ...it has to be believable or its just not credible. That said, the dizzying array of plot points and twists and turns definitely made the series interesting enough to keep watching till the very end. The main actors did well but some of the periferie were totally lame. It just wasn't dark enough for me. I was expecting someting across the lines of 'Braquo', French, and 'The Shield', American, with a little 'Umbre', Romanian, thrown in, all rated as 10's in my book, off the richter. Sorry but this only garnered a 7, fair.