Discussion
speedking31 said:
Even a great hacker who could gain access through the vending machine would surely not have all the inside knowledge of container handling to be able to locate and divert a specific container to not be loaded. And surely the port security system would be secure on another level to the vending / cargo handling? Would have been easier to bribe the gate guard and crane driver and just drive off with it.
Agreed this was a bit thin, however the principle has/is used by organised crime, albeit dramatised in this instance.cuprabob said:
PositronicRay said:
If you saw him in that Sarah Lancashire cop thing you'll realise he can act proper psyco.
Indeed but in this it's less Happy Valley acting and more like his Grantchester acting. I could never see him as Bond.Think of the stuff Daniel Craig did before Bond? Enduring Love, Sylvia, The Mother. Could you see this man as Bond?
speedking31 said:
Even a great hacker who could gain access through the vending machine would surely not have all the inside knowledge of container handling to be able to locate and divert a specific container to not be loaded. And surely the port security system would be secure on another level to the vending / cargo handling? Would have been easier to bribe the gate guard and crane driver and just drive off with it.
Yes, and the "customs clearance" thing was a bit suspect too. Pericoloso said:
The airport meeting was the only interesting bit.
FTFY 
An intimidating message that Alex royally f
ked up! Why is this fund manager getting as involved as he is? Move the money, leave the mob stuff to the mobsters, etc.
I stuck with it last night, then at the end wondered, "WHY the f
k did I bother?!" 
RC1807 said:
Pericoloso said:
The airport meeting was the only interesting bit.
FTFY An intimidating message that Alex royally f
ked up! Why is this fund manager getting as involved as he is? Move the money, leave the mob stuff to the mobsters, etc.
I stuck with it last night, then at the end wondered, "WHY the f
k did I bother?!" I gave up after episode 2.
Pretending this is as pacey as the Night Manager is laughable and it seems it's not picked up (I tend to suffer to the end with things, but I decided not to bother with McMafia).
Oddly, I think he's really good in Grantchester, where he's a far more nuanced and credible character than this smug hedge fund manager type turned Gangster... I put that down to the dire writing and, probably, poor directing.
I think the biggest reason I gave up is that I felt no sympathy or empathy for any of the characters, except possibly his mum, having to suffer his self pitying knob of a father...!
I get that not everyone has to be a likeable hero, but if nothing much is happening (as here), you at least need to be engaged enough to be interested in them and I wasn't...
M
Pretending this is as pacey as the Night Manager is laughable and it seems it's not picked up (I tend to suffer to the end with things, but I decided not to bother with McMafia).
Oddly, I think he's really good in Grantchester, where he's a far more nuanced and credible character than this smug hedge fund manager type turned Gangster... I put that down to the dire writing and, probably, poor directing.
I think the biggest reason I gave up is that I felt no sympathy or empathy for any of the characters, except possibly his mum, having to suffer his self pitying knob of a father...!
I get that not everyone has to be a likeable hero, but if nothing much is happening (as here), you at least need to be engaged enough to be interested in them and I wasn't...
M
I don't mind slow-paced dramas, but the pot needs to be simmering all the time. This is a pot that's off the boil and turning up the heat now and then isn't working (and neither is this analogy). Each episode also concentrates on one particular aspect of the story, so one week it's the Prague operation. last week was the Mumbai operation and this week it's Tel Aviv. It's like (here comes another dodgy analogy) a juggler working with one ball at a time. He needs to keep at least three balls in the air to hold people's interest.
Having said that, I'm sticking with it just to see how it pans out.
Having said that, I'm sticking with it just to see how it pans out.
More filler than Homebase.
The scene outside their mews house with Alex's wife and the Mexican - short on sexual tension and therefore irrelevent.
Too many irrelevent scenes imho - there's no tension there, excepting the airport which was actually quite good.
But I actually quite like the ensemble cast and am happy to grit my teeth and see this through (hurrah for me!).
The scene outside their mews house with Alex's wife and the Mexican - short on sexual tension and therefore irrelevent.
Too many irrelevent scenes imho - there's no tension there, excepting the airport which was actually quite good.
But I actually quite like the ensemble cast and am happy to grit my teeth and see this through (hurrah for me!).
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