The Whistlers

A Romanian police thriller that checks all the boxes. Christi is a police officer that has gotten involved with some mafia types and is looking for a payday. Those mafia types include Gilda (the beautiful love interest), Zolst (the guy who knows where the money is) and Paco (the brutal boss). Also in the mix is Magda, the maybe/maybe not corrupt police boss. Zolst got pinched, but the money is not to be found. Paco needs Gilda and Christi to break him out. To do so, they teach Christi a whistle language. The rest you have to watch to find out. I love the idea and the writing is done well enough that there are always multiple options for who to trust and who to double cross throughout. And each decision by the characters seems like the right one at the time. I also love the idea of the whistle language, but while central to the story, it turns out that it was not actually central. I can imagine 10 different ways that would be easier to communicate what was needed. But that doesn't make this any less fun.

4 stars (out of 5)