Mammon

2014

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

EP1 Blood Jan 03, 2016

EP2 Infidels Jan 04, 2016

EP3 Ragnarok Jan 10, 2016

EP4 Great Winter Jan 17, 2016

EP5 Wolf Jan 24, 2016

EP6 Shadow Gods Jan 31, 2016

EP7 Constantinople Feb 07, 2016

EP8 Tree of Knowledge Feb 14, 2016

6.8| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.

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Dorathen Better Late Then Never
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
qui_j I'm a big fan of "Scandi-Noir" genre but to be honest, this one is just overly complicated with very little return. To keep track of the plot with its biblical references, moral discussions, tedious dialog which at times seems out of place, and the number of characters that keep appearing out of the woodwork, one of the boards that police use to solve a crime would be helpful. You need to try an remember who's who, who's connected to whom, and what their role is in the overall plot. The story could have been told in half the number of episodes, and without some of the very pointless scenes that seemed unrelated to the plot. The editing is not great as things jump around too much. The characters are not very likable, and the lead is very flat and two-dimensional. I'm not sure I'd watch a second season if it were produced.
steven-222 The decade-long international craze for Scandinavian crime thrillers seems to reach a tipping point with this overstuffed and flatulent boondoggle of a mini-series from Norway. "Mammon" would like to be "The Bridge," leading us down one false path after another to spectacular cliff-hangers and shocking revelations, but the writers are too lazy to come up with plausible reasons for all this frantic action. I hate it when I invest 6 hours in a mini-series, expecting that "all will be revealed" at the end, and the end comes, and I can only shake my head at all the nonsense I've watched and all the gaping holes in the plot. It's almost as if no single person actually read the whole script!Scene for scene, the show is just engaging enough to watch, but even at this level some of the red herrings are too obvious and the repeated attempts at suspense too repetitious. (OMG! Is that car following us? No, just a false alarm. No, wait, it WAS following us!)Spoiler: One example of the ludicrous lengths to which the writers will go simply to obtain that spooky "The Bridge" feeling: the package received by the dead man's brother and his wife seven years after his death, containing directions to a time and place and a wet suit, because the dead man knew that at exactly that place, and exactly that day, another death would occur in exactly that way. Amazing! But in the end, this elaborate plot twist turns out to make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER (like much of the plot); it's assumed that we viewers are so stupid we will have forgotten this pivotal scene by the end and won't care that there is no explanation.They tried to make "The Bridge," but this bridge went nowhere.
beauxlox A convoluted screenplay, ridiculously complex plot with no real clarification till the end, but well acted and exciting, despite the fact that excitement of this order is completely un-Norwegian. In the last scene shot in Norway (outdoors) we see the characters' faces and everything is clearly lit. Then the final scene, in the Caribbean, with clear light, despite the cloudy skies. Whatever prompted the director of this series to imagine that shooting practically everything else in darkness was a good idea? Did he imagine that it added to the darkness of the story? It is totally unauthentic – Norwegians crave light. Homes and offices are well lit and the idiotic feeble wall lights and desk lights we saw, without a main room light switched on, were simply NOT what you see in Norway. My wife is Norwegian and I have spent a lot of time in all the Nordic countries and have never experienced this sort of gloom. Close to the end, Peter is in the hospital and even there the corridors and rooms were not properly lit – impossible. If natural light was entering a room, the director made sure the actors were shot against it, so we couldn't see their faces. Why? The scene where Peter Verås returns to his apartment, the tiny lights are already on but he walks through the rooms and rolls into bed without turning on a light, was just laughable. I hope no one thinks that Norway is a country robbed of light. It's true their days are shorter in winter, but not much different (in the south of the country) from Scotland. And then there was the background music – also to add to the dramatic tension? What a nuisance; and where there was no music, there was noise. If there is a sequel to this, I shall not be watching it unless I learn that the director has grown up.
Tweekums Newspaper reporter Peter Verås is investigating financial irregularities involving his own brother; who then kills himself. At first it looks as though he did it to avoid the inevitable scandal but as Peter's investigation continues another man kills himself; this time right in front of Peter… his last word 'Abraham is both enigmatic and meaningful. Things get unpleasant then positively dangerous for Peter and those helping him as he is first transferred to another part of the paper in an attempt to kill the story than when he keeps investigating the threats start to become real… there are powerful people involved and they will do whatever it takes to protect their dark secret.There have been plenty of Scandinavian dramas on British TV recently and this is one of the darkest yet as even main characters can be killed off late in the series when one has frown to like them and think that anybody who has lasted this long will be okay! Things for Protagonist Peter just seem to get more and more desperate; Jon Øigarden does a fine job in the role… the rest of the cast are pretty good too. The story is gripping and kept me interested right to the end as the twists don't end until the final scene.