The Box

Feels like a parody of all bad crimeshows ever made - but sadly its not.. Ridicilous dialogue and a mumbling Peter Stormare to top it of.

So bad you actually need to see it!

Red Spider, Dead Lady who's speaks Serbian. Nail Polish with dramatic name....was a good start. Then....off it goes in several directions.

It seems very THEATRE. So you need incredible performances and tight photography to make it work. But it isn't.

I have no idea, I'm bored, no one seems good, which means the director didn't direct well.

Loved her in Marcella, let's face it, it's why 99% of is are watching, but this isn't doing her justice.

I came here hoping the reviews would tell me what the f is going on.

Anna Friel should not have been involved in this.

That is my headline too.

What a s*it bargain.

Started bad, got worse, Then all went to c R A P.

No. No more of this.

Good and mediocre actors WILL not make it.

No.

It goes to the trash.

Sorry.

Enjoyed Anna Friel as Marcella. This role is similar: The outsider cop accused of wrongdoing with mental health problems and a complicated private life. The character worked as Marcella, here not so much, seems Friel has no range. It is not clear why this Swedish production chose to use a host of British actors in a US setting. It is jarring, better to use this cast in the UK or get Americans.

Horror/suspense clichés are littered throughout the first two episodes (As much as I could stomach) - quirky camera angles, dark restricted colour-palette sets, jittery lighting ... This is not an intrinsic problem, but The Box has nothing else to recommend it.

Such a disappointment, this had the potential to be compelling viewing, but fails on every level.

Right from the opening credits & throughout, the The Box is an uncomfortable watch, with tedious & dark scenes, accents which obviously aren't American, although they're supposed to be & all underlined by miserable music & overacted performances.

Friel was long ago over promoted from her British soap opera beginnings & her short comings are left wide open & on view here as there's no one around to support her with any glimmer of talent. The clumsily inserted ID politics & ridiculous man's suit add to the unintended comedy.

The blurb for the show sounds great, but getting anywhere near this story means wading through a morass of dreary nonsense. One wonders what happened to the 'Entertainment Business', as modern Hollywood seems bent on entertaining no one.