Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

moorek I have only seen Season 1 and watching it in French with French subtitles so I stop a lot to be sure I am following the story. Maybe because I am stopping so often I have noticed the very negative points.First the Positive. If you're used to North American series then I think you'll like the elements that make many European series interesting: actors you've never seen before; city and country settings that are fresh; a culture reflected in everything from road signs to the hundreds of European cars. It brings a fresh face even to a tired genera. In this particular case I love the setting even if it is always wet and grey. I do want to visit there.I found the editing stilted but at the same time liked that it moved the plot along quickly. One minute someone makes a comment, the next scene they are acting on it. Felt a little jerky but fast.I liked the two main subplots in general ignoring the glaring loopholes in both. Actually that is about all I can saw positive about it.Even with the editing, I felt there was still lots of filler. I think they should have jettisoned the subplot with the detective and her companion, kept the two main subplots and reduced it by an episode. The acting is just barely acceptable. At times the female lead (Marie Dompnier )can be captivating but it's all in small bits. Overall she comes across as dull, unconfident, poorly trained and on the verge of crying almost all the time. Clearly this is an actress that has not held a weapon before because you can't believe this person has had training. In a gunfight in a graveyard she is lucky she got a shot off; she doesn't stop one murderer from killing himself, in a scene with a wolf she slowly goes for her gun then freezes and then falls to the ground and in doing so lets the criminals get away, in the final scene she just blindly fires away all the rounds in her pistol. When she goes to investigate some houses at a golf course it looks like she just runs around the golf course hoping to see the villain instead of any type of logical approach to the houses. In fact we never actually see her approach a house as she is on the greens the whole time like the villain will be golfing. And this is a trained officer? The male lead was only a little better since his character was supposed to be stoic so being dull fit the role. I think the worse was the actress who I think was Dompnier's immediate supervisor. She had no personality and presence in the show. The worst part is the stupid way the police react. Even not knowing French police habits, I'm sure you don't go into crime sites without gloves and shoes. You don't remove evidence (key) and carry it around with you. You don't break into an apartment esp when the person you are looking for has not done any crimes against a person. And we think American police shows have gun happy police? In this series the police pull their guns whenever they have an opportunity. A suspect rushes out of his office onto a crowded ferry, 5-6 police give chase. They all pull their pistols out. There is no indication this man is armed or necessarily dangerous. At least some of the police keep their weapon by their side and almost out of site. Dompnier keeps her well out in front so that every passenger can see it. She rushes into the building above where she breaks into an apartment with her pistol out. But the woman she is going after has not apparently done anything wrong. In the golf course scene, she has her gun pulled the entire time she is running around the greens.And in typical police show fashion, one officer lets the villain have his way to not risk the possibility of never finding his kidnapped victims. Ignoring the fact that this man is a serial killer and has just killed several police officers. You'd shoot him or arrest him and then hope you find the victims. You could never risk having this man free in society again. (Same thing happened in Glace.)I will watch season 2 to help my French although the IMDB reviews are telling me that it is worse than season 1 and the flick act even worse. I hope I can get through all of season two.

smlpig The first season was good, but halfway through the second season I was screaming expletives at the female lead detective Sandra and her cohort Catherine. They takes matters into their own hands in such a stupid, careless, pigheaded fashion, I couldn't stand it. I do not suffer fools gladly.

Bene Cumb As a keen follower of mostly British and Scandinavian crime dramas, I try at times to broaden my horizon and find out what other nationalities/countries have come to offer. Thanks to the site here plus Wikipedia, it is now easy to look around and see what is going on elsewhere, together with brief synopsis and comments.As I liked Braquo and Engrenages, then Les témoins met my eye as well - and caught my attention from the very first moments. The producers are apparently the admirers of Scandinavian film noir, but this was not annoying, on the contrary - the concept, camera-work, music score and mood were catchy to follow, and the story "started working" at once, making you ponder on and over what could and would really happen. Leading characters and actors were distinct (particularly Thierry Lhermitte as former police chief Paul Maisonneuve and Marie Dompnier as police lieutenant Sandra Winckler) and the plot had interesting twists and turns, full of mysticism, but without interventions from supernatural forces; plus the nature in North-Eastern France is very different from we are used to see in French films, accentuating the similarities with Western Scandinavia and Northern England and Scotland. All in all, a good series, and the number of episodes (6) is just right to obtain a versatile, yet not protracted and not discursive crime series.

stylemessiah Despite the tendency to compare it to recent offerings like The Bridge and The Tunnel etc, really you should forget those and seek to approach this with a clean slate.We're seeing it with a head start here in Australia, and episode 2 shows that the promise is there to live beyond the initial opening episode and what are always grand setups.Whats truly astonishing to me is that for the lead actress, Marie Dompnier, this is the first outing for her in front of a camera (i understand she is a seasoned theatre actor). She is transfixing, not only for her appealing appearance (i already have a crush, but will move beyond the superficial hereon in!), but for making her confident female detective character utterly believable. Its something of a triumph right there. She looks as though she has been acting on film for some time. I hope to see more of her in the future.As i said, im 2 episodes in and i cannot not follow through!