Incidentally, this show is on the US cable/satellite channel and can be
viewed on their website:
http://www.pivot.tv/
On 01/31/2015 08:54 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
*/Now that the second season of "Broadchurch" has turned out to be so
bad, I went looking for something interesting and British to watch,
and stumbled onto "Fortitude." T'would seem that the Brits have grown
so fond of Scandinavian Noir TV shows like "The Killing" that they've
started creating their own.
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*/"Fortitude" is a crime thriller set in an isolated location, like
"Broadchurch." But whereas the town of Broadchurch was just in a
remote part of Britain, the town of Fortitude is *really* isolated --
above the Arctic Circle in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, an island 500
kilometers north of Norway. It's so small that everyone has a job, and
there is a Sheriff but he doesn't really have anything to do because
there is no crime. Until now.
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*/The cast is excellent. Richard Dormer as the Sheriff, Sofie Gråbøl
(from "The Killing") as the Governor of the island, Michael Gambon as
a dying wildlife photographer, Christopher Eccleston as a scientist at
an Arctic Research Facility, and Stanley Tucci as police inspector
brought in from the mainland to supervise the investigation of what
appears to be Fortitude's first murder.
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*/Just as the peaceful, boring Dorset town of Broadchurch was revealed
to be anything but once a murder caused people to start looking below
the surface, it's pretty obvious that "the town with no crime" will be
similar. The first episode plants enough red herrings and hints at to
suggest that pretty much anybody could be the guilty party.
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*/Plus there is the scenery -- it's so bleak and white that it is
difficult at times to believe that this was series was actually shot
on planet Earth. If you're feeling cold and oppressed by Winter where
you live, watching this show should help to warm you up by reminding
you how good you've actually got it.
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*/Fortitude Trailer (First Look) - IMDb
<http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2081861401/>/*
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<http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2081861401/>
Watch the latest Fortitude Trailer (First Look) on IMDb
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