Jar City

Again I strike out on the late show, although not quite as badly as last time. Jar City is a decent attempt at a murder mystery, and while it gets a lot of things right, a few pieces just fall short.

The murder is suitably gruesome, and the investigation produces plenty of plot twists. The lead is likable in a gruff way. The story does an interesting job merging our new-found phobia of genetic databases with the familiar detective story. But some spark is missing, and I wasn't particularly excited to find out who did it. Possibly worth seeing once, definitely not worth seeing again.