Well this is very much signature GR. The great dolly-cameras. The close-ups. The guns. The old school London geezer actors. The amazing suits. The amazing locations. The vintage props and vintage sets. Wow. It's got all you need for a night of popcorn romance infront of the old black box and it's punching knock-out blows after knock-out blows that leave ya wanting more. It's brutal; it's gangland; it's raw and damn it's gritty!
The lead protagonist is the fantastic Theo James as the DUKE or Eddie Horniman. Now you get where the show is going with this kind of funny play-on name. The show starts with his Dad passing. His brother; played by Daniel Ings; assumes he's going to inherit the estate and its main assets. Infact it goes very wrong for him. The hero Eddie receives the estate and in some bombshell twists finds out what is really going on. Then his brother's secrets come out. Then it starts going mental. I loved the pace and the chemistry between the fantastic Kaya Scodelario who plays Susie Glass and our Duke.
Then you have the great Vinnie Jones as the groundsman extraordinaire and Ray Winstone is Bobby Glass; Susie's illustrious criminal father and then you have great supporting acting from Michael Vu as Jimmy; Joely Richardson as Lady Sabrina; Chanel Cresswel as the brothers' sister; Tam Horniman and Logan Dean does a fabulous job as Blanket and Giancarlo Esposito as the tough guy negotiator Stanley Johnson.
It's got a lot of twists and turns and it keeps you wanting more after each episode. The violence is real and often comical and played to great methods. It's a really fun show and you just have to watch out the extra cinematography techniques which Richie loves to use. The pace is stunning and 8 parts soon go by too fast. It's a fabulous show and I enjoyed it more than the movie. Richie you fine god-damn aging wine. You've done it again!
The lead protagonist is the fantastic Theo James as the DUKE or Eddie Horniman. Now you get where the show is going with this kind of funny play-on name. The show starts with his Dad passing. His brother; played by Daniel Ings; assumes he's going to inherit the estate and its main assets. Infact it goes very wrong for him. The hero Eddie receives the estate and in some bombshell twists finds out what is really going on. Then his brother's secrets come out. Then it starts going mental. I loved the pace and the chemistry between the fantastic Kaya Scodelario who plays Susie Glass and our Duke.
Then you have the great Vinnie Jones as the groundsman extraordinaire and Ray Winstone is Bobby Glass; Susie's illustrious criminal father and then you have great supporting acting from Michael Vu as Jimmy; Joely Richardson as Lady Sabrina; Chanel Cresswel as the brothers' sister; Tam Horniman and Logan Dean does a fabulous job as Blanket and Giancarlo Esposito as the tough guy negotiator Stanley Johnson.
It's got a lot of twists and turns and it keeps you wanting more after each episode. The violence is real and often comical and played to great methods. It's a really fun show and you just have to watch out the extra cinematography techniques which Richie loves to use. The pace is stunning and 8 parts soon go by too fast. It's a fabulous show and I enjoyed it more than the movie. Richie you fine god-damn aging wine. You've done it again!