robmccallum-62108 Review of Trom

Trom (2022)

Excellent for a hot summer evening but too similar to other island crime drama

[8/10 · 13 July 2022]

I found this to be a perfect antidote to a summer heatwave. However it reminded me a little too much of a British crime drama franchise set on certain islands 300 km to the south. Like that other series the landscape and weather are almost characters in their own right and I found myself googling holidays in the Faeroes... As a non-Danish/Faroese speaker I wasn't at all distracted by language issues as some reviewers seem to have been. There were far too many coincidences - like how did not one but two characters independently know that they would find the lead character Hannis staying at his brother's house rather than the hotel? How did Hannis know where Karla lived? And plot holes - the supposedly bright police tech forensics guy knew Sonja's phone was locked using Face ID but didn't think to unlock it using the grisly method employed by Karla. Most tech-savvy companies now disable USB ports on all computers in order to prevent viruses getting onto their estate or secrets leaking out - yet not at Ragnar's company it seems. I felt Hannis needed to lighten up a bit and smile occasionally. But despite these minor concerns I thoroughly enjoyed watching.