Caught wind of this on IMDB’s front page – it’s apparently a joint production between the BBC and A&E, and it’s airing now on A&E at some pretty oddball times (it runs 1:15 per episode, ’cause they cut in 15 minutes of commercials). It’s about a group of grifters, and that’s more or less all I’ll say about the plot.
Direction and acting aren’t as tight as something like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which isn’t to say it’s bad, but it’s also not really great. It ends up taking on a more natural quality, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There are some interesting narrative “tools” they use, and the plots (I’ve seen the first two episodes) vary, from the first ep’s relatively straightforwardness to the second episode’s … slightly surreal nature.
All in all, though, I quite liked it. It’s like Ocean’s 11 (the new one), the TV show, with a little British flavor.
It’s a pretty entertaining show.
The thing I find so weird when I watch British shows is when I perceive that certain characters are meant to be attractive. In MI5, Coupling, Hu$tle, the leads are meant to be good-looking, and after a while of watching them, you can see the charisma and attraction, but I never would have thought based on just a still (or even just one episode) that they were.
Makes me admire the Brits more for casting interesting-looking leads over cookie-cutter prettiness.