The Bridge - Complete Series 2 (U.K. Release) [NON-U.S.A. FORMAT PAL Region 2 U.K. Import] (aka Broen Bron)

One main character left. The main woman character is still great but the story line was not as riveting.

Most excellent in plot twists unpredictable

The first two seasons of The Bridge, however filled with horror, were feats of writing and acting. The characters playing Saga and Martin make the show so watchable and lovely. Saga with her aggresive Asbergers was just an amazing actress and her relationship with Martin was the reason we kept watching here in my home. But for series 3 which we bought to watch after season 2, was SPOILER ALERTS Coming here:Season three in its 10 episodes was so weak by comparison. Martin, who disappeared at the end of Season 2, jailed for 10 years so we understand in Season 3 is barely mentioned and never seen again. Maybe the actor died or had a dispute with the program but they never tried to let us see him not one single shot of the man. Saga and Henrick were a much different team and so many of the murder stories were not interesting. In addition, they killed off Hans, recently married to another great character in the Swedish police force, leaving a psychotic woman as the commander. She treats Saga like a fool, which is anything but true, and ultimately gets rid of the main character. I think the writers did such a poor job with Season 3 as to ruin all that came before and I rue having wasted my time on this facilime of the real "The Bridge" which should have ended with Season 2. Have I conveyed how much those who created a great show lost during the truly awful Season 3. Do not buy it if you haven't already as it is a farce and really an insane finale to a previously great show. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actors, story line, location...everything is excellent. The language dubbing takes away, but still gave five stars for the video.

Season one was in original language with subtitles - season two is "dubbed" in english. Its like a godzilla movie from the 1960's. In series 1 we got used to voice and now have them in dubbed english - terrible

One ought to take a deep breath before lauding Season 2 as an extension of Season 1. The differences between the two in production values, story and narrative logic as well as acting methods are different in the two sessions andnot always satisfying for a casual yet interested viewer. In Part 2 there is much psychodrama between all the key characters, often marginal and irrelevant to the plot.The viewer may not want to know about the detailed hangups and social problems of marginal characters when the narrative is interrupted for various irrelevant confessions, some dialogue which makes up for lack of plot or final sequences involving "coincidences" which are not fully explained. The carefully crafted professional detectives of the first sessions turn out to be automatons and somewhat evil in themselves. There is also an ending that definitely completes the series.After watching a few episodes at least one viewer is left wondering why the tensions and crisp script of the earlier hypnotic piece cannot be maintained;Furthermore one needs to have seen the earlier Bridge,Part 1,to make full sense of a number of events in the second season even as the story occasionally spills over as a main character returns at various times as a" real" or "dreamlike apparition.The clues as to some motives or revelations as to"who did what" in this second show are not revealed until the very last part of the last session. There is no second guessing for the viewer who has watched for over 5 hours and who must simply drift with the story line to the very end...that is, to the very last 3 minutes of ten parts.That sort of patience takes "gevure."

Update: Both Episode 2 and Episode 6 have been added, but I had to pay extra to add them to the Season 2 that I originally purchased--which I think is crappy of Amazon. The series is still 4 stars, but Amazon get no stars on this purchase.I bought this Amazon Video thinking that it was the ENTIRE Season 2 but now find that Episode 2 is missing. I'm hoping that this is just a glitch and Amazon will add the missing episode.That said, I enjoyed Season 1 very much--good story, interesting characters, different location and laws make this a great variant from American police dramas. If available, I use subtitles for everything I watch, so the subtitles are not a problem for me; in fact, I find dubbing into English more off-putting than having to read subtitles. So I really hope Amazon will deliver the missing episode and give us Season 3, too.

This must be what your mind sees when you read a very absorbing book. Many Americans will not like the extended formats that series 1 and 2 have, Do not expect to figure these mysteries out in the first 7/8ths of the show. There are many activities going on at the same time and many others that happen along the way to add depth. First off, the languages, Swedish/Danish are kept for realism, and you have subtitles (a turnoff for a lot of Americans), and the color temperature that the movie is shot in is appropriately foreboding, but the real attraction has been the interaction between the main characters- Saga, the Swedish detective with what seems to be Aspergers syndrome, but she functions very highly in her job, and Martin, her Danish counterpart, with a history of infidelity that haunts him and the story line. Without tipping the cards, all I can say is I can't wait for the third series, now in the making. Top shelf Nordic Noir. I will purchase other series with gusto. Tak!

Excellent series. A truly gripping tale building on the previous adventure. This really does try and maintain the momentum of the first story by taking people is a similar, but significantly different, police investigation. There is more about the personal lives of the two main characters. It is without doubt worth the time to watch and read through the subtitles. There are more loose ends in this tale which could be picked up in another series. There is scope for a great deal more. I would love to see a third series.

This is one of the best of the Nordic Noir series. If you missed either series then you've missed a compelling treat. I missed the last episode and thought that maybe it didn't matter that much, but I decided to buy the whole series when I heard that a new series was going to be made as I didn't want to miss out on any plot items that might be picked up again. I'm so glad I did. The final episode was really exciting and riveting. Saga and Martin are brilliantly played and make this a series not to miss

Totally fantastic. We are hooked on The Bridge, having only discovered it fairly recently after friends recommended it. We enjoyed the first series, but this one was even better. The dynamics between the two main characters is great - and autistic Saga is brilliantly acted by Sofia Helin. The subtitles really aren't a problem and you don't feel you are missing out on the story by having them. We are about to start series 3 now - can't wait.

excellent d v d great stories now i have the complete set well worth watching if you like crime stories but you need a multi region player to play d v d as the region is not for the u k

Having been impressed by Bridge Series 3 on TV, but not having bought a box set before, I tentatively ordered series 1 &2. I was not disappointed! The storyline in series 2 was, I felt, more complicated than series one but we found all well worth watching. Series 2 had us trying to untangle the web of crime, giving rise to discussions and anticipation before viewing each 'new' episode. Now looking out for more of a similar type... :-)