The Killing (2007): Series 2 DVD

The body of a slain woman is found in a Copenhagen park commemorating the Danish resistance in WWII a symbolic act? An ex-soldier disabled while serving in Afghanistan is savagely killed a deadly warning?

Copenhagens Homicide Department is stumped. Detective Commander Brix calls on Chief Inspector Sarah Lund, banished to the provinces after several foul-ups in her last murder investigation. Shes not the easiest to get along with but shes the best. Sarah Lund is hack and as sharp as ever.

She soon discerns a common thread in the cases: all the victims are ex-soldiers and all were stationed in Afghanistan. Denmarks new Minister of Justice and ex-soldier Peter Raben, committed to psychiatric care since his return from the war are the other protagonists in a twisting tale of top-level cover-ups, betrayals and lies set in a climate of fear is Islamic terrorism.

More than a classic whodunit, the second series of The Killing is a reflection on war and what it does to people fertile ground for Sarah Lunds crime-solving adventures, with all the nail biting thrills and heart-pounding excitement of series one.