Starring: Graham Norton and guests: Cher/Keira Knightley/Michael Fassbender/Josh Brolin/Jalen Ngonda (2024)
Synopsis
Helen begins a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to the dangerous London underworld, Helen’s employer calls Sam to protect her. Bingo, the owner of the guitar shop where Sam gets his guns, is played by Rat Scabies, a member of the classic punk band The Damned.
It starts off really well
This is one of those run-of-the-mill entertainments where you can’t really criticize the acting, and the production values are almost flawless. You think a complex spy thriller will soon engulf and seduce you. But John Le Carre is not.
Instead, you quickly realize that it is neither serious nor funny
As is often the case these days, the problem is the shortness of the story. It has quirky characters, and they really are characters with the charm and conversational wit you’d expect from a psychopath. They could be related to Eve from Killing Eve, but they’re poor cousins and don’t really fit the DNA psychopath inheritance scale.
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