higgsparticule It started out well, even though being Supposedly professional thieves they made a bad job of it. It got bogged down with too much detail, and not killing the would be leader of the panthers did not make sense, knowing that letting him live, he would come after him and his family. In episode 5 I was getting bored with the love story. There was potential to make this a lot better than this, as the filming was excellent.

akash_sebastian Starts with an old-fashioned diamond heist, but then the series dives deep into the lives of its three lead protagonists and explores the links between crime, war and finance. The characters have enough depth, and the cinematography and music are brilliant. But it somehow fails to build enough tension with ammo of information it has. The various circumstances blur the line between professional and personal in the lives of these characters. Overall, it's intelligent and insightful, and really uncovers the kind of world which perpetuates crime and creates criminals. The series is clear in its message - Intended or not, with or without a choice, once you find yourself entangled in a web of crime, there's rarely a happy or non-violent outcome... unless, of course, you're one of the rich people bankrolling it. The diverse perspective on morality was welcome and commendable; it puts us in the shoes of various characters, and kind of makes the whole journey thought-provoking. Was really intrigued by the connection of real-life instances relating to the 'The Pink Panthers' and the Bosnian War. And really glad that the rise of Eastern European shows and peoples' interest in them led to an international co-production of a trilingual crime thriller. The casting is brilliant; couldn't have asked for better one. Hope it marks the beginning of a new era of internationally co-produced multilingual shows.

calexicoca It seems that the producers, actors and directors could not figure out what this product has to be: thriller, crime drama, historical piece or anti-corruption statement. Well, it does not really matter because they failed in any of these attempts. Despite of production values being pretty high (locations along with cinematography are the only reason I gave this show 4), the story if full of holes without any coherent base for actions that characters take. They look and act like shallow stereotypes of some preconceived images about good guys who do bad things. Too bad because we really do not care about any of them. Editing does not help either because it is confusing.Very notion that a Bosnian Muslim ends up in Serbian para militia forces who did their fair share of war crimes is laughable. Same can be said for a EU peace keeping military officer having an affair and romantically picnicking with Muslim man and his children. Come on!?!

GUENOT PHILIPPE I partly agree with the other reviews about this short TV show. I expected a different thing, I admit it. This is not a story about gangsters, that's not a heist feature either; only at the beginning. Yes, I found it overlong and sometimes boring, and also confusing at many times. The editing could have been far better for a perfect following of the whole stuff. It's related to a true story, events that actually occurred a decade ago, and speaking of former soldiers, I should say militia man in ex Yugoslavia, who later became jewelery robbers. So this film also talks about war in Serbia and Bosnia, but no mostly. Tahar Rahim has here a very ambivalent character, whose the ending performance in this tale reminds me the one he had in LES ANARCHISTES.Unexpected ending too. A real dark and downbeat story. Not for all audiences. I guess very few people will love this TV series.