A six part, explosive series, Jed Mecurio, Vicky McClure, this should, on paper, be brilliant......
For such a pedigree, this series was sadly, a real disappointment. If you're anything like me, you'll see the name Jed Mecurio, and get pretty excited, sadly this one just didn't land. It's not all bad, but sadly it's a real disappointment.
On the plus side, it looks nice, it's incredibly well filmed, it's slick, and the action scenes and explosives are impressive, Vicky McClure is excellent, and in fairness the first episode is rather good.
Unfortunately, it just runs out of steam very quickly, the tension feels forced, the plot is wafer thin, the eventual outcome just doesn't work. The characters lack any degree of depth, Lana apart, it's so hard to warm to any of them. Some of the acting is a little patchy in parts.
If you're desperate to watch it, you could quite easily watch parts one and six, as virtually nothing happens in the rest of it.
It was a ratings winner, and it was obvious that series two would follow, hopefully they do it a little better when it returns. 6/10.
For such a pedigree, this series was sadly, a real disappointment. If you're anything like me, you'll see the name Jed Mecurio, and get pretty excited, sadly this one just didn't land. It's not all bad, but sadly it's a real disappointment.
On the plus side, it looks nice, it's incredibly well filmed, it's slick, and the action scenes and explosives are impressive, Vicky McClure is excellent, and in fairness the first episode is rather good.
Unfortunately, it just runs out of steam very quickly, the tension feels forced, the plot is wafer thin, the eventual outcome just doesn't work. The characters lack any degree of depth, Lana apart, it's so hard to warm to any of them. Some of the acting is a little patchy in parts.
If you're desperate to watch it, you could quite easily watch parts one and six, as virtually nothing happens in the rest of it.
It was a ratings winner, and it was obvious that series two would follow, hopefully they do it a little better when it returns. 6/10.