Trapped (2015)

Watchseries; Being a fan of Nordic noir I thought I would give this series a go and I'm glad I did. Trapped is every bit as good as anything Icelands Scandinavian neighbours have given us. Set in a small port on the Icelandic coast a spate of murders take place taking the local police force out of there comfort zone. Not that this stops the local head of police played by the excellent Olafa Olafson. With no help from the mainland due to the freezing weather he single handily attempts to track down the perpetrator. Trapped is well written,acted and beautifully shot so much so it's the first show that's so cold it makes me want to put a jumper on just watching it! Highly recommended 9/10

Being a fan of Nordic noir I thought I would give this series a go and I'm glad I did. Trapped is every bit as good as anything Icelands Scandinavian neighbours have given us. Set in a small port on the Icelandic coast a spate of murders take place taking the local police force out of there comfort zone. Not that this stops the local head of police played by the excellent Olafa Olafson. With no help from the mainland due to the freezing weather he single handily attempts to track down the perpetrator. Trapped is well written,acted and beautifully shot so much so it's the first show that's so cold it makes me want to put a jumper on just watching it! Highly recommended 9/10

Trapped watchseries. Wow, this series has really knocked my socks off! I was told about it by a colleague who had watched the first one, and at the time hadn't watched the second. I downloaded the first episode from I-player, and on finishing it, immediately downloaded the other 5 available. I've watched all the 6 episodes shown in 4 days.Its brilliant. Very dark, atmospheric, and each episode so far has been a cliffhanger.It constantly twists and turns and I've no idea where it's going to end. I'll try and do the super sleuth like everyone else, but I'll be wrong as it seems everyone has a skeleton somewhere in their past- or present!The characters are very credible and likable and the moodiness of the lead detective is brilliant. An absolute gem hidden away on BBC 4, but I hope the quality continues and if it does it will be the best thing in ages. Think Cracker( for those old enough) come Broadchuch(Season 1-season 2- yuk!) come the killing( season 1. Brilliant.

Loved the first season, the setting, the characters and the great story that was believable all the way through. Season 2 was so so. Liked the characters but the depth of the characters was not like season 1. The 15 year old daughter in season 2 is totally 1 dimensional and annoying. It was slow. Too many episodes, and i was disapointed by the last 2 episodes

But Season 2 was absolute rubbish. Give season one a try. You will likely be interested. Season 2 spent more time trying to fit in every liberal cliche under the sun and ended up drowning in it's own agenda. Horrible acting didn't help, and the dialogue given the cast was laughably absurd at best. It's a clinic on how law enforcement shouldn't investigate. I hope people in Iceland aren't this asinine in reality, because if they are the gene pool is hopelessly contaminated.

Ófærð is an amazing, dark, slow-burning drama, where you feel the tension building from the very first moment. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson depicted a single-father (for the time-being), living with his parents-in-law, working as the chief of police with so much details and such psychological depth that it leaves the watcher in awe. He is strong but easily-hurt, he is tormented by his love to his wife and still naivelly believes that maybe, just maybe everything will be fine. The story - wow, so many paths that it takes us on, such tangled connections between closed-knit society of a small community. The scenery - breath-taking; I'm from Poland so we do have some strong winters, but the creepy atmosphere of being completelly cut-off by the snow fall is something I don't know :) And it worked for me - I was binge-watching the series with 38 degrees Celsius outside and I felt frozen to the bone :) It was a combination of the story and scenery that made the film so thrilling. Overall - great acting, good story and somewhat surprising ending.

Very much in the dark, foreboding style of Scandinavian police process fiction, Trapped is beautifully produced and acted with realistic characters and enough pot-boiling clues to keep the audience on the edge of its seat. A wonderful setting and the drama of a big storm accentuates the claustrophobic community and gives the crime element a grimness and urgency. The local police chief, Andri, is the focus of the story and his acting is exemplary. Simply enjoyable! Supporting characters, the two other local uniformed police officers, the ferry captain and the Rekyavik cast all contribute to a very watchable and dramatic series. Television at its best, flavoured with an Icelandic blackness provided by the climate and the terrain.