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This must be the most unexciting crime thriller I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Totally bland cinematography, numb acting, implausible dialogue, actions and reactions from every single character throughout. No suspense whatsoever, no leads for viewers to follow, hardly even any red herrings. Why anyone greenlighted this project is the only real mystery here.
These problems are shared with many "based on a true story" dramas, but rarely has less effort been made to create something worth watching.
Series like Heimat and many others have shown that even Germans can create great drama, but this is just a huge dissapointment.
These problems are shared with many "based on a true story" dramas, but rarely has less effort been made to create something worth watching.
Series like Heimat and many others have shown that even Germans can create great drama, but this is just a huge dissapointment.
Oooh, where to begin... This sounded a bit promising, but all it took was five minutes to ruin those hopes. In "Death in Paradise", they rush through the plot in 60 minutes. Here, they try to do the same in 45, which of course does not work.
Timothy Spall is usually good (though he overcooked it slightly as JMW Turner), but his talents are wasted here. Or rather ruined by the female lead, which has to be the most annoying character in a TV series ever. No sense of timing, just constantly yapping away like an idiot. Ms Keyworth should seriously consider a different career path. Maybe something in a coffee shop?
All in all: Not funny, not suspensful, not mysterious. Just badly written, badly directed and badly acted.
Timothy Spall is usually good (though he overcooked it slightly as JMW Turner), but his talents are wasted here. Or rather ruined by the female lead, which has to be the most annoying character in a TV series ever. No sense of timing, just constantly yapping away like an idiot. Ms Keyworth should seriously consider a different career path. Maybe something in a coffee shop?
All in all: Not funny, not suspensful, not mysterious. Just badly written, badly directed and badly acted.
Jason Statham may not be one of the world's best actors, but somehow I think he's kinda cool - and a good fit for the roles he usually plays (The Transporter-type guys). This appeared to be more of just that, but I was hugely disappointed with A Working Man. A messy plot, incoherent and stupid dialogue throughout, awful writing/editing, awful casting and even worse acting.
Why hire an excellent actor like Michael Peña and then hardly use him at all? Why the dressed-for-a-Eurovision-Song-Contest-act Russian baddies? Why the blind army buddy? All in all, a movie as messed up and unnatural as Stallone's face looks these days, and really not deserving any stars at all. But, since Jason is still Jason, it gets two stars, albeit weak ones.
Why hire an excellent actor like Michael Peña and then hardly use him at all? Why the dressed-for-a-Eurovision-Song-Contest-act Russian baddies? Why the blind army buddy? All in all, a movie as messed up and unnatural as Stallone's face looks these days, and really not deserving any stars at all. But, since Jason is still Jason, it gets two stars, albeit weak ones.