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Happy Reader
Compromised People: The Cop, the Thief, the Insurance Investigator!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 12 luglio 2016
Happy Reader
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 12 luglio 2016
The robbery has the earmarks of the Panthers, a criminal gang once based in Serbia. All members were supposed to be jailed or retired. But Naomi's boss, Tom Kendle (played with amoral sliminess by John Hurt), tells her that this heist must be the Pink Panthers and she must head to Belgrade to recover the diamonds. She tells him, "We had a deal. I don't do the Balkan work."
That does her no good. It takes us a while to find out why she fears Belgrade. It takes us a while to find out where Milan's demons were birthed. And Khalil, just what is making him tick off-beat? I am telling you, at the end of episode 1, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. The final two episodes are riveting. There are a few unnecessary and gratuitous scenes here and there, but overall, this is a fast-paced series.
This is not a series for the kids. It is very violent and the language frequently foul. There is a lot of full-frontal nudity, and not in an artsy way. The show is dark in terms of tone as well as visuals. But it also has the makings of a Greek tragedy (only more interesting, if you've actually watched a Greek tragedy on stage). There is hubris and revenge, justice, power desired, power misused and family mechanics. Atonement, avarice and desperation, the tightrope of being a compromised man. I think it would have been just as good with less violence, but I recommend the show as is.
"The Last Panthers" is a French production which originally aired in 2015. Its six episodes total 307 minutes of exceptional television entertainment. The DVD presents the show in 16:9 widescreen and 5.1 Dolby Digital.
People have wondered if there will be a sequel. But writer Jack Thorne, in a March, 2016, "Digital Spy" interview, squashed that hope: "It's a serial that is finished. It's hard to talk about this without giving away massive spoilers, but this was a story about three individuals – two of them end up broken and one of them ends up dead."
There are some characters who speak English, but this spans several countries and languages. Fortunately, the Region 1 DVD release has English SDH subtitles for the episodes and the Bonus features. The 28 minutes of bonus material are not extensive, but interesting.
Bonus Features:
....1. "A World of Crime" (5 minutes) Commentators include Caroline Benjo (producer), Jerome Pierrat (writer), Jimmy Desmarais (producer) and Jack Thorne (writer). Pierrat talks about the show's underpinnings, "You, like, an old-time criminality, and on the other side, you have the new face of criminality, one more mixed with our society.... This new criminality is more scary, you know."
....2. "The Director's Vision" (6 minutes) Hear from Johan Renck (director, from Sweden), Jack Thorne, Goran Bogdan (plays Milan Celik), Samantha Morton (plays Naomi Franckom) and John Hurt (plays Tom Kendle. Filming "The Last Panthers" was "95 days of shooting in four different countries."
....3. "Executing a Heist" (5 minutes) Hear from Henry Desmarais, Caroline Benjo, Johan Renck, Peter Carlton (producer), Alexis Manenti (plays Rajko Popovic) and Goran Bogdan.
....4. "The Cop, the Thief, and the Insurance Investigator" (6 minutes) Delve into the three main characters, with comments by Jack Thorne, Jerome Pierrat, Tahar Rahim (plays Khalil Rachedi), Johan Renck, Goran Bogdan, John Hurt and Samantha Morton.
Johan describes Khalil: "He's quintessentially Don Quixote, because he has no idea of what he goes up against and he's fighting the windmills rather than really understanding what's going on."
Bogdan's character, Milan Celik, is intense: "His sorrow, that he's not fitting, that he's always running. It's a very hard part. He never laughs. He does not have time to laugh. He can't remember these good parts of his life."
....5. "The Real Pink Panthers" (5 minutes) Commentators include Jimmy Desmarais, Jerome Pierrat, John Hurt, Johan Renck, Goran Bogdan, Caroline Benjo and Jack Thorne. The Tigers were a paramilitary group in the Serbia/Croatia war. Out of them was born the very real Panthers, dubbed the Pink Panthers by the European media, a group of robbers who executed brilliant heists and never hurt anybody during their robberies.
....6. Photo Gallery (1 minute)
A recommended show.
Happy Reader
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Michael Sonnen
Intelligent crime drama
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 5 aprile 2016
ososinpelo
A well done UK/European TV series
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 1 agosto 2016