User Reviews

Wow, it's a sign of the times that there is so much video content out there that a Croatian/Ukrainian police procedural can become easily available in the US. The Topic Network has managed to collect obscure, quality TV series that have eluded some of the more prestigious platforms. The Silence started a bit slowly, but as it gathered steam it became an interesting, multi-layered look at corruption and trafficking in Eastern Europe. The acting was first-rate, the characters interesting and sympathetic, and the story offered its share of surprises. I might add that it was a jarring and nostalgic look at what Kyiv looked like before the Russians invaded So far, I have watched 3 series on Topic: A drama set in Lapland ("Arctic Circle"), a dense murder mystery from Austria and Germany ("Dark Woods"), and this. All of them were satisfying in their own way. I would have given The Silence a 7.5, but to make it a whole number, I'll bump it up to an eight. Kudos to the Topic network, and those filmmakers all over the world.

I've watched both seasons now and was definitely impressed. I have a couple of gripes but they are not going to make me lower the mark of eight out of ten. Season One's Ukrainian-language parts had been dubbed into Croat. For me, that's extremely annoying. And the subtitles for Season Two were done by someone far less professional than the person who translated Season One.

Nonetheless less this was a riveting view of high politics and corruption in Eastern countries, one of which wants to join the EU. Scenes in Kyiv meshed seamlessly into the story going on in Osijek.

The first season was more of a straightforward thriller type crime drama. The second was more convoluted and harder to follow. I loved both.

I didn't guess the final villain until the moment Vesna did. It was a real surprise.

I'd recommend this without hesitation.

This production didn't skip a beat keeping the tension and intrigue in high gear. Well written, with expert production values, you are led by the dogged investigators down a dark and winding path.

The acting was first rate by every actor involved, and you easily cared about and felt a connection to many of the characters involved in this twisting and turning case.

What at first appeared to be a suicide sprawls into an investigation into the darkest recesses of a diabolical network, with its tentacles reaching high up, involving people and places of power and influence. And the international connections made it all the more daunting revealing the immense scope and scale of the entire enterprise.

Well worth your time!