Critic Reviews (1), Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More, The City of the Future (A Cidade do Futuro). Great show. I stayed up past my bedtime every night this week to finish Borderliner, and if you’re addicted to the slow burning thrill of Netflix crime shows, you will too. Police profiler Arnar is sent back home from Oslo to his native Iceland to investigate the country's first serial killer case. The drug dealers capture Bengt, resulting in an unexpected turn of events. User Reviews Review this title 38 Reviews. Yes, I’ve been watching Law & Order: SVU and Criminal Minds since I was old enough to hack the parental lock on the family Foxtel. Hide Spoilers. The righteous police investigator Nikolai discovers a possible killing in his hometown, and it turns out that his little brother Lars is involved. Nikolai is given a new piece of evidence. A grisly find atop a mountain in the French Pyrenees leads investigator Martin Servaz into a twisted dance with a serial killer in this icy thriller. Use the HTML below. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Borderliner Netflix review: This latest Netflix crime show is an addictive introduction to Scandinavian noir TV. The question is, who will get caught? In a remote town in Iceland, Police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town. Synopsis:Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Photo: Netflix. Fans of the series have also been pleasantly surprised to see a masculine gay male lead in Nikolai. Before 2018, I had never watched a Netflix crime TV show. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong. When Norwegian police detective Nikolai (Tobias Santelmann) returns to his hometown near the Swedish boarder to take leave from a high profile case in Oslo, he finds himself investigating the suicide of a local drunk. Critics (1) They are helped by Eve, a lonely and mysterious woman. View production, box office, & company info, Writer Megan Gallagher On Her Viaplay Supernatural Nordic-Noir ‘Seizure’, Netflix Teams With ‘The Killing’ Creator for Crime Thriller ‘The Chestnut Man’, ‘Out Stealing Horses’ Tops Norway’s 2019 Amanda Awards. and the Terms and Policies, Nah, not for me, I thought. Watch the full trailer for Netflix’s Borderliner below. Nikolai commits his first offense to deceive the investigation, but Anniken finds a loose thread and keeps the case open; Nikolai discovers that his father Hans Olav is also involved, and that Lars has not told the whole truth. Everything rages around Nikolai and the truth about the father, Hans Olav, becomes known; Lindberg gets Bengt's video and presses Nikolai to stay away. The only reason i didnt give a 10 was the ending. The only character whose hands manage to stay clean are Anniken’s (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), an Oslo homicide detective who is determined to get to the truth. All of a sudden the flood gates of my Netflix opened up and out came pouring a year’s worth of crime series I’d been avoiding. The show has the feel of other Scandanavian dramas I've seen: emotionally-muted, cerebral and brooding. 2017 TV-MA 1 Season Crime TV Dramas. Rotten (0). Seven Seconds. Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. But when his partner suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty. Mindhunter. |. Nicely done and acted, just a pity about the plot. Maybe they'll do better in season 2, it it gets made. All rights reserved. Captain Gaspard Deker leads the investigation with local cop Virginie Musso, who knew the girl well. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Taking viewers to the icy fjords of Norway, new Netflix crime series Borderliner lands next week. Narcos. If you’re a fan of nordic and Scandinavian crime offerings like The Bridge, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Girl on the Train, Borderliner – or Grenseland in Norwegian – will become your new obsession.