The Sunday Independent

Gripping Israeli crime thriller

WHILE mass school shootings are notorious in the US, it’s not a widely occurring problem in other parts of the world.

That’s the hook of Black Space on Netflix.

This eight-part Israeli crime thriller is built around this issue but with a twist to the tale.

Directed by Ofir Lobel, the series is the brainchild of Anat Gafni and Sahar Shavit. I was hooked from start to finish as nothing is as it seems.

The series kicks off on a disturbing note – four students are killed during a shootout at Heritage High School. This happened during a Memorial Day assembly with 12th Graders in attendance.

Hanoch Tavor (Shai Avivi), who is the principal, is left dumbfounded by the violent event. At first, the assumption is that this is a political attack. However, the more Rami Davidi (Guri Alfi), a Special Investigations detective who is a former pupil of the school, delves into the investigation, the more unsettled he is by what he finds.

Black Space is a hard-hitting watch. It addresses violence, drugs, bullying and abuse on different levels.

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