![]() “The show gathers some incredible international talents to tell a unique story that should entertain large audiences worldwide,” said Frédérik Rangé, director of acquisitions at Lagardère Studios Distribution. Lagardère Studios Distribution has taken the international rights and will sell the series. “The audience will feel the desolation, the blistering wind, the taste of blood, and the cold, but also the love, warmth, and commitment created by our strong main characters.” The producers say that the series will eschew the typical dark and brooding Nordic noir tropes while remaining in the crime genre. “I want ‘Arctic Circle’ to be a physical experience,” said director Hannu Salonen (“Shades of Guilt”). Finnish pubcaster YLE has picked up the free-to-air rights. The DVD offers the ten episodes in good picture and sound quality, unfortunately there is no bonus material.Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria Fiction are making the series for Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde, which will launch the series next year. Atmospheric landscape shots and the good leading actor duo Iina Kuustonen and Maximilian Brückner at least make up for some of the weaknesses. However, some plot lines are too contrived and especially the secondary characters remain too pale to really inspire over 10 episodes. Good!Įxtras: Bonus material has the DVD box unfortunately not to offer.Ĭonclusion: Arctic Circle - The Invisible Death is a thoroughly exciting mini-series, which has received a very topical explosiveness by the Corona pandemic. The sound is available as a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix, which makes the powerfully mixed dialogue, but also the ambient sounds and a few good sound effects harmoniously coordinated sound from the home theater boxes. The sharpness of detail, on the other hand, reveals minor weaknesses here and there, but they never really become noticeable in a negative way. Image sharpness, depth of field, and coloring leave a positive overall impression. The landscape shots come across very nicely on the DVD. Picture + Sound: The fascinating snowy landscape of Lapland makes up most of the setting, even though the action also takes place in other places like Helsinki and Amsterdam. The dramaturgical weaknesses keep getting in the way of the suspense, but the positive aspects are strong enough so that in the end it's enough for a conciliatory worth seeing! Overall, this mini-series is entertaining, visually engaging and well acted. The resolution isn't very original, but at least it can surprise a little bit. It's all a bit too much of a good thing.ĭespite this, even though there are too many subplots and arguably stereotypically drawn supporting characters, Arctic Circle - The Invisible Death manages to keep the suspense going almost to the end. And suddenly the virologist not only has to save the world from a pandemic, but also fight for custody of his daughter. For Thomas, on the other hand, things get personal when his wife shows up in Ivalo and subsequently files for divorce believing he is cheating on her with Nina. First, because her sister is tested positive for the virus right at the beginning and later, because her ex-husband also seems to be involved in the case. ![]() Especially in Nina's case it seems too forced, as she is personally affected by the investigation twice. ![]() Where the series dramaturgically particularly weakens is the way in which the private lives of the two main characters are integrated into the story. The plot is a bit overloaded here and there, but is overall excitingly told and especially very well played by the two main actors. The basic mood, which is already built up visually here, is intensified by the coincidental topicality of the story. It becomes clear right from the first minutes of the first episode where the strength of Arctic Circle - The Invisible Death lies: in the fascinatingly beautiful, but at the same time threatening atmosphere of the great landscape shots captured in the Finnish part of Lapland. In the process, they face not only a possible pandemic, but also a dangerous opponent who can only be defeated if they leave the usual paths of investigation. Nina is to assist him in his investigations. Thomas Lorenz (Maximilian Brückner) is sent to Ivalo to investigate the virus and prevent it from spreading. But then things take an unexpected turn when a virus is found in Evgenya's blood, causing miscarriages, deformities and ultimately death. When two dead women are found a short time later near the Russian border, it seems to be a clear case of human trafficking. Movie: In icy Lapland, police officer Nina Kautsalo (Iina Kuustonen) and her colleague find the badly battered Russian prostitute Evgenya in a remote cabin.
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