Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his free-spirited former student Camille Delaunay specialise in solving complex murder cases that involve an unusual brutality far beyond the capacity of regular police departments to understand. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: 7.1/10 | |
Released: | September 6, 2018 | |
Runtime: | 55 min | |
Genres: | Action Drama Crime | |
AKA: | The Crimson Rivers | |
Countries: | France | |
Companies: | France 2 Maze Pictures uMedia Storia Télévision Storia Television ZDF | |
Cast: | Olivier Marchal Erika Sainte | |
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I do like this series - the world weary older male cop and the younger female cop learning the often not quite by the regulation manual methods from him. The characters are reasonably believable - Niemans; the older guy, has the megnificent traditional Gallic indifference and cynicism about him. He’s past his best physically, so the foot chases after younger men are a bit beyond credence. However, the damn-your-eyes attitude to miscreants tells you that he is still capableof beating a confession out of someone.
The female - Delaunay - is a bit less credible. She looks like a good gust of wind would blow here away. She stands toe-to-toe with the bad guys and takes a regular beating that would probably kill her in real life. Still, it is better than the arrogant, entitled Mary Sue characters we are currently being force-fed by Hollywood these days.
It’s a good bit of entertainment.
IMDb says there will be a second series, this year. ???
Novelist Jean-Christophe Grangé created the character Detective Pierre Niémans, who was portrayed by the incomparable French Actor, Jean Reno in the two movies:
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
followed by
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004).
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Wanting to present more cases for Detective Niémans to solve, Grangé wanted Reno to reprise his role, but the producers flatly refused, stating he was too old. As such, Olivier Marchal was cast instead.
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The developed series currently consists of Two Seasons, with 8 2-Part Cases. This version centers on Pierre Niémans and his deputy Camille Delaunay (Erika Sainte) who work for a specialist unit that investigates the most bizarre crimes.
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Overall I’d certainly recommend this to fans of crime dramas involving unusual cases.
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Spoken Language is French with HC (hard-coded) English Subtitles.
I’m loving S.2 so far, I do hope Camille get’s her family stuff sorted if there’s a 3rd series. Please let there be a 3rd series and more!
morelinks please
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The main characters are so unlikable. The plots for the episodes are fine, but the whole investigation process is too naive. If you have powerful crime suspects you are bound to run into some politicians or high profile individuals, who would very likely stop the investigation or stir it in some other way, which, somehow in this show doesn’t happen or is obscure.
3/5
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