I watched this the other night because I'm a huge fan of Brian Cox, one of this country's most talented actors ever. The rest of this cast, however, stunk the place out! It was a mixture of the Da Vinci Code, The Bourne Movies (starring Brian Cox) and a throwback to the halcyon days of 60s and 70s espionage/crime series. But this couldn't cut the mustard and Nigel Harman brought the same character from Eastenders to The Outsiders, ie, moody, broody, a hidden and troubled past, blah, blah, blah, yawn, yawn yawn! How many times is ITV going to raid the cellars of the Queen Vic and take Eastenders cast-offs, give them their own shows and kill their careers dead? With this kind of mentality, NO WONDER ITV is in such a bad state, churning out dross like this! And the concept of this kind of organisation, minus 12 or whatever they were called, operating in Britain was absurd- this country is just too small for this kind of team stepping on the toes of MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the rest. And as for Colin Salmon- how many times is he going to accept these god-awful roles, where he's little more than pretty wallpaper that doesn't do much or say much? it's a shame, because we had high hopes for this guy, and it seems to have gone to waste. He should be a leading man, not a supporting actor, especially in sh*t like this! This should be give a -12. It was truly shocking in every respect!!
Review of The Outsiders
