First of I want to say I mainly enjoyed this series, especially for the first few episodes. But the further on it went, the more frustrated I became with the overall message this show beats you over the head with: light and shadows yadda yadda, nobody knows which side of the line they stand on... more times than not it comes off as really out of touch and overdramatic.
Another user expressed it perfectly, this show takes itself too seriously and the result is a great bleakness, but at the same time it's too unrealistic and cartoonish to really come off as gritty. The two main villains seem like they just hopped out of who framed Roger Rabbit, I mean come on.
The other issue I had is with the dialogue. I enjoy imaginative, colourful dialogue, but not from every character, in EVERY SINGLE SCENE. Nobody talks like that in real life, and it really takes you out of it a lot.
The final scene with the policeman saluting the baby also did me in, I couldn't stop laughing, which I presume was not what the director was going for.
Overall it had potential, a pretty good mood and acting, but it blew it on ovestylized dialogue and overdone morality dilemmas.
Review of The Shadow Line
