Review: 'The Killing' Is a Gripping Murder Mystery Worth Following

Filed under: Reality-Free, Stay Tuned

It's rare for a new program to demonstrate as much confidence as 'The Killing' (9PM Sunday, AMC) does in its excellent opening hours.

Maybe that's because the show has, in a sense, done this before: The AMC drama is based on a wildly popular Danish murder-mystery titled 'Forbryldelsen.'

But there's more to it than that: 'The Killing' simply trusts its audience to follow along. It trusts that it doesn't need fake melodrama or overheated intrigue to keep its audience's interest.

Like most AMC dramas, this enthralling murder mystery knows that a taciturn lead character and an unfamiliar world can keep viewers' attention if that world and the people in it are created with exceptional attention to detail.

 

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