Hit & Miss
- TV Mini Series
- 2012
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
5.1K
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Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.Follows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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One of the users said that the people writing excellent reviews are biased because they're not heterosexual and are just giving it good reviews because of the nature of Chloe's character. Well I'm a heterosexual female and I enjoyed this series.
Yes I do agree with some users that a lot of the characters are not likable. I especially don't like the snippy attitudes of Riley and Liam. But well you wouldn't expect teenagers that grew up like that to be nice and sweet anyway. I just wish that their characters developed more through out the episodes and started warming up to Mia and stopped being so rebellious all the time.
I hope this show gets a second season
Yes I do agree with some users that a lot of the characters are not likable. I especially don't like the snippy attitudes of Riley and Liam. But well you wouldn't expect teenagers that grew up like that to be nice and sweet anyway. I just wish that their characters developed more through out the episodes and started warming up to Mia and stopped being so rebellious all the time.
I hope this show gets a second season
The producers of this series were clearly masochists. Why else would you cast a famous US movie actress, set the production in the rural north west of England, have the said actress play an Irish traveller (Mia) who is an assassin, and for good measure make the character trans. The logistics of making this production happen are mind boggling.
Having said all that it actually works. I enjoyed the entire series, frustrating as it was in parts. The cliff-hanger ending was possibly one of the most frustrating bits of TV I've ever watched; knowing that the second series hadn't been commissioned. It is sort of Emmerdale (British rural soap opera) meets Snatch meets the Crying Game.
Obviously the series isn't meant to be taken too seriously so I'm not going to point out the myriad of plot holes. There was just too much time taken up with shots of the countryside which got very tedious and too much time focusing Mia's family. It felt as if many of the characters in it would have been much more at home in a soap opera like Emmerdale and they were out acted by Chloe Sevigny.
I also think Chloe Sevigny portrayal of Mia is flawed. She seems more like Hayley from Coronation Street (another British soap). She is not street-wise enough to be a hit-man; someone who might be called the apex predator of the criminal underworld. I think the producers should have watched some modern LGBT cinema. For instance Mina Orfanou in Strella (2009), who plays the trans character of the title. Actually, I think Mia wouldn't last 5 minutes around Strella.
Overall episodes 1 and 2 were the most interesting, 3 to 5 just wasted too much time with John, and 6 was also good. I'd have liked to know more about the circus family.
As a bit of trivia the Butterfly scene in episode 6 is from "Branded to Kill" (1967) by Seijun Suzuki.
I hope that maybe in a few years this series gets a reboot, maybe set in America on US TV. It's too good an idea to go to waste.
Having said all that it actually works. I enjoyed the entire series, frustrating as it was in parts. The cliff-hanger ending was possibly one of the most frustrating bits of TV I've ever watched; knowing that the second series hadn't been commissioned. It is sort of Emmerdale (British rural soap opera) meets Snatch meets the Crying Game.
Obviously the series isn't meant to be taken too seriously so I'm not going to point out the myriad of plot holes. There was just too much time taken up with shots of the countryside which got very tedious and too much time focusing Mia's family. It felt as if many of the characters in it would have been much more at home in a soap opera like Emmerdale and they were out acted by Chloe Sevigny.
I also think Chloe Sevigny portrayal of Mia is flawed. She seems more like Hayley from Coronation Street (another British soap). She is not street-wise enough to be a hit-man; someone who might be called the apex predator of the criminal underworld. I think the producers should have watched some modern LGBT cinema. For instance Mina Orfanou in Strella (2009), who plays the trans character of the title. Actually, I think Mia wouldn't last 5 minutes around Strella.
Overall episodes 1 and 2 were the most interesting, 3 to 5 just wasted too much time with John, and 6 was also good. I'd have liked to know more about the circus family.
As a bit of trivia the Butterfly scene in episode 6 is from "Branded to Kill" (1967) by Seijun Suzuki.
I hope that maybe in a few years this series gets a reboot, maybe set in America on US TV. It's too good an idea to go to waste.
I think this show is brilliant, and gives a good insight into the life of Transexuals and how hard family life is to deal with, and the whole hit-man persona adds depth and action to the series. The actors work really well together and the whole gritty British nature gives the show a true countryside British feel to the whole thing. Although of course things could be done to make it better, but it has some interesting cliffhangers that grip the audience and make them want to watch the next episode, I really feel that a 6.5 overall rating is really harsh, but that's the peoples opinions, I myself find it an excellent and enjoyable watch. I really hope they work on a series two.
I think this show is amazing and surprised me in so many ways. I have many friends from all walks of life and though I am straight, I was intrigued by the script and the roles of the actors. I do not find the ratings biased as I know many straight folks such as myself that were also drawn in by the characters and script. I must admit I wanted to reach through the screen and knock a few of the characters out in the beginning of the first few episodes but this is partly what drew me in and I am assuming this was the writer's intention. knowing that Chloe was the main character is what initially brought my attention to the show; the fact that she was trans-gender just drew me in more. I wanted to see if the show could be believable, and to me it was. Great actors, great acting and very gritty story line. I really enjoyed this show and hope there are more episodes. There are so many tasteless shows on T.V. these days with horrendous acting/actors. it's time people open their minds a little bit. This doesn't mean you have to change who you are but this is a great show, very real, very gutsy
Although it took a while to get into the story line, ultimately I've found Hit & Miss to be a great Series. The characters are played well and leave you feeling intrigued and wondering whats going to happen next.
What I really liked about Hit & Miss was that the storyline comes across as realistic, which ultimately gained my interest in continuing to watch the series further.
So far i've seen 6 episodes and am left wondering when the rest will be released as they seem to have ended in June.
Im looking forward to the season 2... if it is ever to appear..
What I really liked about Hit & Miss was that the storyline comes across as realistic, which ultimately gained my interest in continuing to watch the series further.
So far i've seen 6 episodes and am left wondering when the rest will be released as they seem to have ended in June.
Im looking forward to the season 2... if it is ever to appear..
Did you know
- TriviaChloë Sevigny caused controversy after she left Manchester, where the series was shot. She said the city was a "grim place", where it "rained every day" and that it was "full of chavs". She claimed that the place was very mainstream, "where they all go out wearing their huge fake Louboutins hoping to bag a footballer." She also stated that English cities were full of drunks and that there had been a "weird confrontational vibe" in the air ever since she visited London in the 1990s.
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