Worricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four "businessmen" show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help ... Read allWorricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four "businessmen" show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.Worricker is a retired spy living in the Caribbean. He realizes he is in trouble when four "businessmen" show up. They look like mob bosses, but one actually works for the CIA. He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.
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It's spy business but also a very tricky, who's who, who's doing what to who and why'd they do it? It may sound more complicated than it actually is. The pace is nice and it's really refreshing to see Wynona Ryder in a good role (doesn't seem to have changed a lot). Actually all the actors involved do a great job. More than decent entertaining than ...
The acting was impeccable. It was so good I missed it the first time I saw it. It seemed so natural.
The pace was slow, steady and intriguing but there were little hints as to the plot, pointers if you will, all the way through. Don't miss a second.
I watched it alone last night - my wife was babysitting grandchildren - and I was so fascinated that I saw it again with her tonight. It is even better the second time around. She actually clapped at the end.
Nighy is brilliant, giving more information in a look that Skippy ever did. Yet he never answers a question.
My wife and I talked it over for about an hour afterward.
The third episode is awaited with some anticipation. Page 8 was brilliant and T&C has kept up the quality.
Well done to everyone involved.
It is ironic that the country which gave us the James Bond character (with saucy characters like Pussy Galore) also gives us the 64 year old Nighy, so thin he could slip under a door, so civilized his harshest weapon is his language, and, if you wondering if this works, BY GEORGE it does.
A cast to die for including both Helena Carter and Winona Ryder, but it is once again Nighy who steals the show. I confess I have not seen as much of his work as I should have. But I remember his knack for comedy in Love Actually and his knack for horror in the Underworld series and I will never forget this dapper spy who, it seems, could stop a bullet with a stern stare if he had to.
And the bullet would have to apologize.
My only regret is that there are only three entries in the series.
Great acting, great writing, and great entertainment. What more do you want?
Did you know
- TriviaBill Nighy (Johnny Worricker) can be seen to handle objects and shake hands with just his thumb, index and middle fingers. This unusual grip is because he suffers from Dupuytren's contracture, which means he can't straighten the ring and little fingers on his hands.
- GoofsAbout 45:00, Bill Nighy's sunglasses disappear between shots while he's sitting at a table with Winona Ryder.
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[first lines]
Curtis Pelissier: OK, here we are.
Melanie Fall: Well, what a great evening. Thank you.
Curtis Pelissier: If you want, I could come in, pour you a drink.
Melanie Fall: Tell you the problem, I'm not thirsty. But I had a great time. Thank you.
Curtis Pelissier: Good night.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Turks & Caicos: Making Of (2014)
- SoundtracksI'm All At Sea
Written by David Hare
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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