![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And the bad guys are more than just a little bit silly. The suicidal drift of a society sinking into fatal anomie, on the other hand, could definitely do with more exposition. The incidental activity and the descriptions of day-to-day business and life - is what's most successful (except when it gets too predictable, as in the safe-house Britta, Babak, and Julietta retreat to). For such weighty material, Zeh has opted for a very breezy story - agreeably fast-paced, but certainly thin in way too many regards. It doesn't quite work - that ship largely sailed with the suicidal premise of The Bridge - but at least she tosses it in the mix, and tries to treat it seriously. Zeh's thriller-plot continues to be rather far-fetched - cinematic or made-for-TV over the top simplistic - but offers more than a passing nod to the moral implications of actions and inaction. ![]()
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