Marshland

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javier A Marshland is a political thriller with outstanding performances and a narrative pace in line with the best thrillers of recent years. It has pace, intrigue and outstanding plot twists with brilliant staging and a storyline that keeps you glued to your seat from the very first minute. It's a must-see. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/21/25 Full Review Jon T Top notch thriller with an intriguing political backdrop. It’s all you need know. Watch and enjoy. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/25 Full Review Gabriel S La Isla Mínima (Marshland, in the English version,) is a solid Spanish crime mystery that came out as a pleasant surprise out of some digging, I did for good investigation flicks. It's not a perfect film, but it stands out as thrilling. I can't get over the fact that, in Brazil, the translated title is something like "Old Sins, Long Shadows". For real! What were the translators thinking? Anyway, the story of Marshland follows detectives Pedro Suáres and Juan Robles in their investigation of the disappearance of two teen girls. In good drama fashion, we are in for some heavy stuff in this movie. Pedro Suáres is a quite new investigator reassigned to work on this case on a remote little town with his fairly new partner Juan. Pedro is hot-tempered, but he has a good heart, and also a pretty big mouth, that's what got him into this unpleasant assignment. Juan is a mix of a nice guy with a shadowy past. This fact adds to the drama of the story while Pedro suspects Juan might not be as nice as it seems. One downside of this movie's story is that the elements of the investigation are a bit absent. Sometimes, Juan gets info offscreen, which feels disjointed to the overall plot. Also, some symbolism with Juan and birds is one that I didn't get it. Beat me. Also, one situation with Juan at the bathroom just comes and goes. Seems like it would become something that could affect the story, but, in the end, it's dismissible, you could take out that scene and the story would remain unaffected. Aside from these downsides, La Isla Mínima is solid on the crime and drama aspects. Slow-driven, the story progresses towards the climax at, you guessed it, La Isla Mínima, the marshland, not before we figure out what is going on. The final revelation is uneventful, but the solid aspect is the whole drama behind it. Missed potential, at its best. Overall, La Isla Mínima pleases by its heavy drama elements and solid thriller progression. It's flawed, but the story is good enough to entertain during its runtime. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/24/24 Full Review Jerod S It's a murder mystery (a ring of girls being exploited and killed in Spain) with a pair of partners that aren't real excited to work together. Well shot and acted - the rainy finale is strong. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/23 Full Review Sheena P It was thrilling, the character reveal towards the end could be better. But overall, good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/08/23 Full Review isla s This is a gritty, dark underbelly watch, although its certainly not full of blood and gore but the crime its about involves sobering topics and secrets are brought to light in the community by the two detectives who find themselves investigating the disappearance of the women. There are some twists in the plot and I thought the performances were quite decent, so I'd give this a 4 star rating. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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