aawells-202-188009 The "American character" is the main reason I tried this show. Dominic Monaghan is always delightful. If you don't know, he is a Brit. And he is doing a decent job with the NY accent and attitude. His portrayal of a "tough New York cop" is the humor of the show, which is needed in a show like this or it can be terribly dismal. If you have met any guys from New York, this is their general outlook- they are tough because they are from New York, no matter how small they are. I love it. They even bring up the Red Sox vs. Yankees rivalry, which is such a big part of being from Boston (my neck of the woods). The other attitudes about their sports, opinion of guns, so forth, are authentic inside jokes. So I think the nuances of the American character are just lost on an European audience, but a complete delight to us, especially if you realize that the tough New York cop is a hobbit!! So from the sounds of the review from the European viewpoint, it works for both. Watch it!

tavikitty Michael Nyqvist carries the entire show and he is the only reason I continued to watch beyond the first episode. I gave it three more stars than I would have, had it not been for his tremendous and realistic acting achievement, despite everyone around him acting like weird, awkward robots. I wanted to give him ten stars, but the show is truly awful and the rating needs to reflect that.I am sad to say I don't really have many positive things to say about anything or anyone involved in this project other than Michael Nyqvist.When they decided to make a show in Sweden, why did they not hire local people for the production? As a person who has lived in Stockholm my entire life, it was ridiculous how it was shot and how they altered environments instead of working with what the city actually looks like. The approach was very Americanized and "Hollywood", which makes me wonder why they even wanted to shoot in in Sweden or use a bunch of Swedish dialogue, since it seems to have been exclusively aimed at an American audience.I feel like they tried to ride the coat tails of popular Scandinavian shows and somehow replicate the mood and the success, but along with other shows that have failed to do this, they lacked understanding of what makes those shows what they are. For a good example of a successful international production look at Bron, which is amazing partly because it respects the culture and behaviours of the various characters portrayed in the show - Swedish people act like Swedes, Danish people act like Danes and the exteriors as well as interiors mirror the way people actually live in respective places, making it very organic and believable. Everything that 100 Code was not.P.S. It might have worked if they had a plot twist where it turned out that most of the characters where aliens or androids, since it would explain why most people apart from Mikael and hos daughter were being so stiff, emotionless and weird all the time.. D.S.

nilpost This series mimics the Scandi detective genre -- unsuccessfully. The characters are superficial mongrels possessing traits, flaws and back stories that look like they've been selected from a cheap 'write your own Scandi detective show' manual. Shallow in every respect -- the characterisations of the main detectives and the boss are cringe-worthy. The acting is abysmal too -- but given the script there's not much scope to demonstrate any real acting talent. No insights to be gained from watching this. Dreadful.

vaioroxio Like most of the Users reviewing The 100 code, I too have not much to offer in kindness as a review.Dominic Monaghan is pure awful - his accent & character - but is that down to the writers trying casting him as a male equivalent of Saga?Then there's the plot - totally transparent & narratives that so obviously borrow from other type programs like Hannibal (the murderer calling it in to the resident psycho Hellstrom), The Bridge & The Killing. Not to mention the idiot sidekick dicks story arc - possibly to prove that not all Swedes have a stick up their arse 24/7 - more cheese?Michael Nyqvist totally carries this show & as another reviewer pointed out whenever Monaghan opens his mouth - its dreadful - you really do wanna switch off!! As for Conley (Clownly) character's Paddywhackery - ugh, " Ma Da was from Gawlwaay - Jaysus - a fisherman" - never has any actor been so bad @ being Oirish since Tom " Is It You Shannon? " Cruise in Far & Away or as we call it in Ireland - Feck Off & Don't Come Back!!So I give 2 star rating - for Michael Nyqvist & the beautiful Swedish landscape.....Approach @ your own peril!!!