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## Inspector Max: A Flop with Ambition
The series *Inspector Max* sparked debate, but not in the way its creators likely intended. It wasn’t a rejection of tackling contemporary issues – quite the opposite. It’s part of today’s culture and it’s natural to debate it. The problem was how it was done. The series seemed so heartless to me and that it was making fun of the topics, as if it actually understood the topics in its own way and was not interested in other opinions. The series tries to be current only on the surface, but in reality it remains stuck deep in the past.
Maximum ambition
The overall plots are a bit of a mix of parody, seriousness and pointing out the incompetence of state authorities. The result is a strange mishmash that resembles a Balkan cowgirl crossed with Czech television. Some moments may be funny just because of their cuteness, but as a whole it looks weird. I couldn’t even finish watching something.
It is the series Inspector Max. A thirteen-part project that Czech Television launched with considerable ambitions, but which warmed up on the screens only very briefly. The main character was Zoltán Max, an aging Slovak detective played by Juraj Kukura, who after an affair “serves out” at the Prague crime branch.
When an actor doesn’t save a loser
It was Kukura that was often referred to as one of the few reasons to watch the series at all. But even the strong personality of the main actor coudl not overcome the fact that the series revolves around him, which is a bit confused.Humor prevailed over crime fiction, but crime fiction was deadly serious. Which all seemed rather incoherent. Sincerely? After the third episode, I wondered if I was watching a crime drama or a failed parody…
