VividSimon Simply Perfect

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

GMShedd I saw this Mexico/US version when it first came out. Recently, the UK/French "The Tunnel" was on PBS, which prompted me to watch the Danish/Swedish original. Then I watched the first season of this one again, and I have to say that it holds up well in the comparison. There are points about the original that stand out, but there are characters and subplots here that could be considered improvements upon the original. While Sonya provides fewer LOL moments than Saga (even with subtitles), self-centered reporter Daniel is much better drawn here, and his Hispanic female sidekick is a far more compelling character than the Swedish male version. The addition of the subplot centered on Charlotte can be a distraction, but is redeemed by Lyle Lovett's lawyer. In general, the Mexican underworld additions are a plus. However, as good as Thomas Wright's Linder character is, I think I prefer the even more laconic Swedish Lindberg (certainly his crazed sister, Mette, leaves a strong impression). So, in the end, see the original and this one; "The Tunnel" can be omitted, as it added nothing.

Derrick Van If you watched No Country For Old Men and wanted to see it made in to a TV series, You found it. Maybe with a little mix of procedural cop drama. Or Dexter. They stole it all from those. This show is terrible. The main character's weird eccentricities smell of NCIS, and they are just there to distract you and add filler. The plot is unbelievable, the settings are nothing like the real Mexico border towns, and you shouldn't waste your time on this bad show. I think if they took the time to actually look in to some of the actual problems about the drug war and the Mexican border they would have a shot at a good show. Instead they just chase a serial killer for the first season that annoys you.

bahman-14-148480 Having watched the original (Bron, Danish/Swedish) and its British/French adaptation (The Tunnel), a comparison of the three is unavoidable. It is a compliment to an original story that two adaptations are also highly watchable. On the positive side, adapting the story to the US/Mexican border is well done. The social and cultural tensions and conflicts are convincing. Also, the acting is first rate. Sonya (Diane Kruger) and Marco (Demian Kruger) are first rate actors. On the negative side, this version suffers from two weaknesses, compared to the original and its English/French adaptation. The first and obvious one is the episode near the end (episode 11 of the first season), the final confrontation, which drags on forever, probably to allow a maximum number of commercial breaks. I think everyone watching screams with Marco 'get this over with!'. The other, more fundamental weakness is with the personality of Sonya (Diane Kruger). In all three versions she is 'socially challenged'. This is of course central to the plot. But the way she sees her own relationship with others is for some reasons changed in the US version. Both Sofia Helin (in Bron, the Danish/Swedish original) and Elise Wasserman (Clémence Poésy in The Tunnel, the British/French version) are confident personalities who don't see themselves as being dependent or handicapped. They know they are different, but don't see the difference as a handicap. Sonya, on the other hand, comes across as being deeply unhappy and worried about the way she is. I am puzzled by this change and think it weakens the original idea.

alshwenbear1 YES, I HAVE SEEN THE ORIGINAL! And the biggest flaw of this remake is Diane Kruger's inability, to reenact what Sofia Helin did as Saga Norén, pretty much every other actor in the FX version is acceptable, but I will argue anyone who believes that this is a good recreation of the original concept!Just for your Information this is a dumb down version for unintelligent viewers, if it wasn't for the good acting of Demian Bichir and Ted Levine, this one would belong on the trash bin!We know that Saga has Aspergers Disorder and Sonia besides of being annoying seems to be just mentally challenged, besides, this remake, lacks the finesse that the smart concept and storyline that the Bron/Broen's writers (Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, Anders Rhedin and Fridolin T.S. Nordsø) managed to convey for such a gripping police-drama.If you don't believe me, just watch both versions on a parallel schedule, on twenty hours you'll find yourself as naive for believing that the Bridge is as good as the original! For fifty bucks, at Amazon you will find the truth!