In the mad dash to give Nigel Harman a starring role post "Eastenders" TV producers have given us a threadbare super spy caper. The actingly challenged Harmon can be forgiven for jumping at the chance to play a bargain basement Bond (right down to having Colin Salmon as a background operative) but the entire production was laughable.
The plot was far too moderate to be thrown around with such reckless abandon. The "action" zipped around the world for no apparent reason and the actors all spoke as though they were highlighting plot points rather than actually speaking. Obviously the makers had never seen any of the Austin Powers films, or if they had they didn't quite pick up on the fact that that those films were at least intentional comedies.
Brian Cox turned in his usual mentor role (is money that short Brian?) and the aforementioned Salmon must have baulked at allowing his character to be smacked around by Harmon's character given that the later is half his size. Unfortunately that was as believable as everything else in this production.
I only hope this piece of rubbish is never shown abroad, and we can keep it as a little British embarrassment.
The plot was far too moderate to be thrown around with such reckless abandon. The "action" zipped around the world for no apparent reason and the actors all spoke as though they were highlighting plot points rather than actually speaking. Obviously the makers had never seen any of the Austin Powers films, or if they had they didn't quite pick up on the fact that that those films were at least intentional comedies.
Brian Cox turned in his usual mentor role (is money that short Brian?) and the aforementioned Salmon must have baulked at allowing his character to be smacked around by Harmon's character given that the later is half his size. Unfortunately that was as believable as everything else in this production.
I only hope this piece of rubbish is never shown abroad, and we can keep it as a little British embarrassment.