January 15th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: Programming,
Spanish thriller drama La Unidad, Norwegian crime drama For Life and Norwegian period drama
State Of Happiness were all added to SBS on Demand yesterday.
La Unidad
All six episodes available to stream. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Based on the real experiences of counterterrorism professionals, La Unidad follows the members of a police unit – led by commissioner Carla Torres (Nathalie Poza) – and their fight against jihadist terrorism. When the most wanted terrorist leader is captured in Spain, it turns the country into a target. For Carla and her team, they face the insurmountable task of stopping an impending attack, while also trying to resolve conflicts in their personal lives that their job has, in part, stolen from them.
Vikings coming to an end at the start of 2021,
Romulus may just fill that historical action hole in your heart. This Italian series (all spoken completely in ancient Latin) is a dramatic and gritty retelling of the ancient myth about the founding of Rome. But this is not the story you ve heard before about two brothers, Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf who saves them.
Gomorrah). We don t actually get to see Rome in season 1. What we see are these almost primitive men and women, terrorised by nature and gods. We follow the stories of three or four characters, all outcasts for one reason or another, and how they survive and take their destinies into their own hands.
A suspenseful mystery drama,
White Wall from Sweden is about a wall found deep underground at the site of the world’s largest nuclear waste depository. Project director Lars Rapp (Aksel Hennie) wants the wall to be kept secret, but rumours run rife through the small mining town. Rapp’s life’s work is to complete this facility, yet nuclear waste is piling up and the project is years behind schedule. Even so, he has no intention of postponing the upcoming opening ceremony, but a spanner is thrown into the works when it’s discovered the wall is made of a material unknown to humankind. Should they leave it alone, or dig deeper to see what lies behind it? Sci-fi fans will also enjoy this unusual, thrilling tale.