Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Hitchcoc This is one of those episodes where one should not think too much. The bad people make all kinds of mistakes. A little common sense would go a long way. In addition to the murder mystery itself, we have the seeming breakup of Kurt and Katarina. She sees the relationship as inappropriate (at least she says that). We also have Pontus and Isabelle beginning a torrid relationship. She is reeling from being shot twice in the previous episode, saved by her vest. Kurt, on the rebound, begins to have feelings for his prime suspect. The crimes in this case are rather dramatic and consistent, yet to pull them off one would have to be very fortunate. I won't say more, but the villain in this story is truly psychotic. Slightly above average.

Bob Taylor Thursday nights on Tele-Quebec have been filled for the last few years by the Wallander series. The early shows from 2005-2006 were interesting enough, but the 2010 season is a bust. The stories are chaotic and banal--Mankell was not the author--and the acting, camera-work and production values are not up to the standard we demand from European TV. Krister Henriksson seems tired and increasingly uninterested in his work, and that is the actor I'm talking about and not the character. Lena Endre seems to be in the cast because she made a film with Bergman and adds some star quality to the rather mediocre line-up.Arvet (The Heritage) is poorly made, with brackish camera work and poor acting. The two rookie cops, Pontus and Isabelle, are more than a little annoying, and in a well-run police department would never get permanent status. The story is not worth telling; it hardly makes sense. Cinema buffs of a certain age will note that Bjorn Andresen, the pretty boy from Death In Venice, is in the cast.

jotix100 We come to the story as a party is being given at the home of Claire and Manfred Stjarme, entertaining a group of German business friends. Manfred receives a call on his cell phone. He goes outside to talk, and as we are watching him, from a distance, a figure comes to stab him. Manfred dies from wounds sustained in the attack. Enter Kurt Wallander and his team. There are no clues as to why this apparently rich man was killed, so the police begins investigating.Interested in a possible connection with the cider factory, the detectives find a lot of Polish people working. They zero in Anna Kowalski, who was having an affair with the dead man. Going after the missing Jan Kowalski, the police go to a desolate house where they find Jan has hung himself. The police are puzzled by the circumstances that led to this death. Something does come out, the Stjarmes had fired a lot of the old time workers at the plant and has taken a slew of foreigners, illegal immigrants but mostly Polish that work for a fraction than the old Swedish employees. Claire confesses things were not all perfect between her and Manfred. The prenuptial arrangement between them prevented Claire, whose family owned the business to share half of her fortune with Manfred.Isabelle has been shaken by the shot she received some time before. She was lucky to be alive; her bullet proofed vest saved her from a sure death. Now she has been seeing the police shrink who is trying to help her. Pontus is understanding toward what his partner is going through. A night of dancing and drinking to relieve stress shows both have more than a passing interest in each other. When Isabelle shows at Pontus' door that night, it is fireworks between them.Benjamin Wilkes, a psychologist that works for Claire's firm, arriving at a deposit with his wife, notices someone has forced his way in. He goes to a loft area only to be stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. This incident gets the attention of Wallander. Going to investigate a young woman, Kurt is stabbed on his stomach, but he gets only a minor cut. Isabelle runs after the woman, and when she is near, pointing the gun at the stranger, she cannot shoot her gun.Things will get more complicated later on. Claire has a lot to be afraid. A night when Pontus and Isabelle are patrolling the house, they begin to make out in the car, not noticing a woman going inside, right in front of where they are parked. As it turns out, this is the same woman that tried to stab Kurt. Claire knows perfectly well who she is and what is at stake.This episode was directed by Mikael Marcimain. There is enough action to keep the viewer involved in a story that meanders with different subplots and not a clear picture of what is really going on begins to emerge until the last part of this chapter. Krister Henriksson does his fine take on Kurt Wallander. He shows an interest in Katrina, but she is too afraid to get closer to him. Lena Endre is fine as Katrina.

mike-h-williams Yet more shaky camera-work (following on from the previous episode) and further bleached out visuals disappoint as they bring the Swedish version of Wallander closer to its inferior English-speaking cousin. Such a shame when the Swede's robust point and shoot approach underlines the triumph of substance over style which had been this series' hallmark before 2.10.This particular episode seemed to pose more questions than it answered. Why was the cider heiress married to what appeared to be a chemically-enhanced former WCW star? Why did Katarina appear to express annoyance after she'd spotted Kurt and Claire in the restaurant and then suggest that anything more than an office relationship between herself and the detective would be unprofessional? Am I alone in thinking she's been teasing him for the last 10 episodes? Is it a case of "If I can't have him then nobody can?" Was Claire as barmy as her sister? It wasn't clear whether she was beating up Kurt or trying to kiss him during her final interview? FInally, and most importantly, the stars of the show, dear Ebba and faithful old Jussi were missing.....again! I only hope that this doesn't mean that this series is going out with a whimper rather than a bang.