I had no opportunity to watch English version,but judging by the choice of the main actor I believe that it is very good.
I was lucky to have chance to follow Swedish show in which Detective, Kurt Wallander resolve cases more by his heart and by his deep understanding of human nature than by the contribution of forensics and technology.
Wallander is not only Detective, he is lone Intellectual who lives in the house on the beach, entoured by books and classic music records, devoted to the goal to find and maintain the fine line between Good and Bad ,Lie and Truth, before everyone, in himself. That's why he goes up to the discovering of deepest motif of each case , realizing sometimes, grace to his deep understanding of the human soul and grace to his moral sense that the murderer is often a victim.He, himself is not perfect , he often makes errors in social connections, but he knows that making mistakes is inevitable part of the human soul and he completely undertakes consequences of his acts, not avoiding the suffering and the sadness.
The show is colored by the "noire" atmosphere given by the scenery of empty beaches, tiny interiors, obscure lightening, the threatening waves of magic Baltic Sea that all serve to support the sense of everywhere present possible tragedy, inevitable due to imperfection of divided human nature.
As for acting, the main Actor,can not be anymore distinguished from his Role in the Show that is the ultimate level of ingenious acting.
The only remarks that I have are unnecessary copying of some of famous iconography of CSI Miami that can be recognized from the second season, that lowers my opinion from perfect to "close to perfection."
Except for this, the show took my all heart and my soul.
Review of Wallander
