Irish actress Dervla Kerwin became popular through the whimsical Irish series `Ballykissangel'. She has since cemented her reputation in excellent TV shows `Shades' and the superb drama of human relationships, `Hearts & Bones'. I have enjoyed her unthreatening girl-next-door prettiness and credible performances in all that I have seen her in but with `The Bombmaker' I feel she has gone backwards.
We are in airport novel territory here. `The Bombmaker' begins promisingly, the first hour is tense and fast-moving, Ciara Lyons as the little kidnapped girl is most appealing but the plot soon unravels as one ridiculous scene follows another and there is absolutely no depth of characterization, just goodies and baddies.
If you enjoy solid drama look elsewhere, even as mindless escapism `The Bombmaker' hardly passes muster and if the half-hearted red herrings don't get you the irritating bongo drums will.
