83%User score 83 percent
Grimm
2011 · Drama · Mystery
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47 votes
When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.
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August 29, 2020
I had thought about reading the novel before watching this series, but I did a quick inventory of how many books I have lined up to read and decided to go ahead and watch it. Overall I found this futuristic film to be entertaining. It follows a detective trying to solve a mystery in what is truly a unique setting for a mystery, in a city that shares part of its space with a sister city, almost like in a parallel univ…
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Mex5150
July 6, 2026
**A great idea buried under bad writing and tired TV tropes** I started watching this because, despite hating the book, the core concept is brilliant. Two cities occupying the same physical space, separated not by walls but by perception, social conditioning, and the act of “unseeing” is a fantastic idea. It is rich with possibilities. Sadly, the book squandered that idea, and somehow the TV show manages to squander…
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