Rent Those Who Kill: Series 1 (2010)

Nordic class - Those Who Kill: Series 1 review by CP Customer

Yet again another great series from our Nordic neighbours. Great acting, deep and interesting characters and edge of the seat tension. If you liked The Bridge and The Killing, you will enjoy this very much.

Danish disgust - Those Who Kill: Series 1 review by JD

Danish detective/crime drama is in a league of its own and is utterly compelling. This is no exception but is a little more disgusting than most other mainstream TV dramas even Wallander. Featuring serial killers, a detective and a phorensic psychologist. The serial killers are particularly vile and the scenes of them killing and torturing their victims make them in my opinion most definitely an 18 rating. (As an aside I completely disagree with the UK rating system, a flash of breast is not as shocking as a decapitation nor is a swear word equivalent to finger nails being pulled off.) I digress, for 18+ year olds who like their crime drama on the gory side there is no better than those who kill.

Brilliant Danish Detective Drama, 6 feature-length episodes with separate cases. Recommended. - Those Who Kill: Series 1 review by PV

This is a great series - 3 discs, each with 2 feature-length dramas of 80-90 minutes, so like 6 films with 6 separate crime stories. Some are stronger than others and some require massive suspension of disbelief BUT it is exciting stuff, danish Crime Drama at its best.

Serial killers abound in Denmark, clearly. Probably all that bacon... And the Grand Guignol state blood stuff is gory and gruesome here which may offend some (so don't watch then).

As ever, the strongest stories are at the start and the end, discs 1 and 3. I did also detect a plot hole or two. So 4 stars.

A shame there was no immediate 2nd series, and the actress Laura Bach is not in the revived series DARKNESS: THOSE WHO KILL, from 2020, and now one crime story with 45 minute episodes per series.

recommended. Not sure why I only discovered this 2010 series now!

The great Lars Mikkelsen,, brother of Mads, is the boss man here - he is also in the great House of Cards with the great Kevin Spacey, playing the Russian president.