I hoped it would be good, but I've actually been pleasantly surprised by how good it is. It borrows from the Breaking Bad playbook a little in terms of its use of flashbacks to fill in details, but I'm okay with that since I adored Breaking Bad. :)
Great cast, too--the hapless pencil-pusher is played very well by Martin Freeman, who plays Watson in the BBC Sherlock series (and Bilbo Bagins in the Hobbit films). Colin Hanks (Tom's son) has a pretty big role, and the rather mysterious bad guy pulling strings all over the place is a nice turn by Billy Bob Thornton. The female cop is played by Allison Tolman, with whom I'm not otherwise familiar. She's no Frances McDormand, of course, and really plays the role pretty straight--but it's effective since she ends up being essentially the only really normal character in the thing.
Anyway, definitely worth checking out if you can, especially since you loved the film. It's on the FX network, and I think they have full episodes available for streaming on their website. :)
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Date: 2014-05-19 09:10 pm (UTC)Great cast, too--the hapless pencil-pusher is played very well by Martin Freeman, who plays Watson in the BBC Sherlock series (and Bilbo Bagins in the Hobbit films). Colin Hanks (Tom's son) has a pretty big role, and the rather mysterious bad guy pulling strings all over the place is a nice turn by Billy Bob Thornton. The female cop is played by Allison Tolman, with whom I'm not otherwise familiar. She's no Frances McDormand, of course, and really plays the role pretty straight--but it's effective since she ends up being essentially the only really normal character in the thing.
Anyway, definitely worth checking out if you can, especially since you loved the film. It's on the FX network, and I think they have full episodes available for streaming on their website. :)