My Review -
Before We Die U. K version on SBS
My Rating 7:10
The best thing about this British version of an original Swedish series for me was Leslie Sharpe cast as Detective Hannah Laing who becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers her son is playing a crucial role as an undercover informant in the investigation of the brutal murder of her lover a married Detective.
Her son Christian is played by Patrick Gibson who is a very charismatic young actor who from the opening episode is at odds with his mothers career of law enforcement . After a stint in Prison where he forms a friendship with a young criminal Christian becomes invaluable to a Police investigation into a European cocaine smuggling family and their crime empire.
I kept thinking while watching this English version that something has been lost in translation and that often is the case .
I'm not sure why but I may find the answer when I watch the original Swedish version.
This first series is only 6 episodes and of course there's a cliff hanger but I was left thinking I'll watch the rest in Swedish .
I read that Series 2 which has been commissioned will take a different plot path to the 18 part Swedish version perhaps they should have done that in Series One however it's worth watching and entertaining I like the casting just not some of the plot lines.
Her son Christian is played by Patrick Gibson who is a very charismatic young actor who from the opening episode is at odds with his mothers career of law enforcement . After a stint in Prison where he forms a friendship with a young criminal Christian becomes invaluable to a Police investigation into a European cocaine smuggling family and their crime empire.
I kept thinking while watching this English version that something has been lost in translation and that often is the case .
I'm not sure why but I may find the answer when I watch the original Swedish version.
This first series is only 6 episodes and of course there's a cliff hanger but I was left thinking I'll watch the rest in Swedish .
I read that Series 2 which has been commissioned will take a different plot path to the 18 part Swedish version perhaps they should have done that in Series One however it's worth watching and entertaining I like the casting just not some of the plot lines.