MobLand

The series Mobland starts off strong and is carried by Tom Hardy. The other actors range from decent to completely over-the-top - especially Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, who are genuinely hard to watch.

The show lacks an overarching storyline, instead stringing together one narrative fragment after another, often feeling more like a soap opera than an actual mafia series. Many scenes are marked by illogical decisions. All in all, it's nowhere near masterpieces like The Sopranos.

It's a show you can easily binge in one or two days, have a good time with, and completely forget about four weeks later. Without Tom Hardy, it would be a 5 out of 10.

The performances of Tom Hardy and Geoff Bell are exemplary. The characters portrayed by both Brosnan and Mirren seem to envisage a stereotypical Irish brutish gangster family in a somewhat comical yet condescending way.

The recent BBC production of This city is ours set in Liverpool mirrors plot wise the themes of Macbeth once again.

Both though are very watchable even though they don't convey the true nature's of OCGs in Britain today.

The horrors and consequences of gangland action upon not just local but national society is not adequately explored.

Maybe we could be in danger of romanticising Hardys character to the detriment of overlooking his crimes.

Tom Hardy. That's it.

Great to see him back in something substantial after years wasting his talent in those godawful super hero films or turgid biker movies.

Anyway, dubious accents from Mirren and Brosnan notwithstanding, this is very good stuff so far. Slow burn sure, but I'm loving the controlled menace from Hardy - his understated anti-hero is like comfort food.

Good story telling and nice performances from Paddy and others. And I'm glad the Guy Ritchie signature style is dialled back.

Really looking forward to future eps.

Every director and producer out there, hire Tom Hardy, please. He's so damn good.

Most people I've spoken to regards this drama have always said to me, ''oh it's brilliant, 10/10." Now don't get me wrong I did enjoy it and it is rather good, but perfect? No, not at all, and here is for why. I feel Pierce Brosnan is over acting. It feels like he's trying too hard to be the scary 'Godfather.' Less is more I say. To a lesser degree ditto goes to Helen Mirren also. And finally, there are certain scenes where Tom Hardy is mumbling his lines, in order to come across as sinister as possible. All well and good, but it's bloody annoying, because when he does deliver his lines like that, I can't tell what he's saying! In my opinion, GEOFF BELL, is the standout actor in this. He is on top form and probably this is the best role he's ever played. Oh and if you do want perfection, I suggest you watch THIS CITY IS OURS, trust me on this.

This show is one of those shows, that if never existed, people would still feel as if they have seen it. That is how many times a thing such as this has already been seen, and truth to be told, previously done in quite better ways and versions of itself..

Not an awful show, other than dreadful irish accents and some quite lousy, convenient writing, especially near and by the end, it is not bad, only issue, that is becoming bigger and bigger issue lately, is that it is generic, in instances painfully, borderline slop.

Pierce Brosnan more and more looks and sounds, shortly said resembles, that hypothetical "thing" where good old Jean-Luc Picard, in his old days 'Picard' starts a gangster organisation in his vineyard back in France, while also pretending to be Irish (most funny part is that Pierce was born in Ireland), and Tom Hardy is way better "Data" than that (maybe Taboo should be renewed)..

Shows like this are the product of those who don't know when the time to stop has come, we have seen this pattern past decade over and over again with creators who peaked in their creativity and skill a long time ago, now attempting to reach those peaks again, while continuing Faded Creativity Circus..