McMafia BBC One James Norton Jan 1st 2018

Harry Palmr

Drama loosely based the non-fiction McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime by top BBC journalist Misha Glenny about the impact of Russian mafia across the world.

Looks good, produced in association with AMC so all you Sky Atlantic freaks can enjoy it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfU0a-b6Iqs

JP Liz V1

David Strathairn also in the cast, James Norton star on the rise, I believe his name also linked for Bond

cml387

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

David Strathairn also in the cast, James Norton star on the rise, I believe his name also linked for Bond

He was superb in Happy Valley. Managed to bring sensitivity to the role of a right psychopath.

gmisk

Good audition for James Norton to be the next James bond...but bar that....seems a bit clunky and predictable so far

Harry Palmr

Usual slow first episode with a few clunky explanatory expositions part two is on tonight remember.

boccy23

What did people think?

I'm not sold on this one. Very slow. Clearly very well made, but the David Strathairn character, Semiyon Kleiman is very poorly played.

I'll give it another week or so.

loyatemu

watched the first episode yesterday, I was rolling my eyes at some of the clunky dialogue. However it picked up the pace towards the end, I'll give it another episode.

gmisk

loyatemu wrote: »

watched the first episode yesterday, I was rolling my eyes at some of the clunky dialogue. However it picked up the pace towards the end, I'll give it another episode.

Id pretty much agree with this....some of the actors arent great which doesnt help "Uncle Boris" was particularly useless IMO....
Also I normally love David Strathairn but he isnt great in this so far....

loyatemu

as soon as I saw James Norton in the tuxedo I thought "he'll shoot up the Bond odds now". Sure enough, he's now the favourite, ahead of previous "seen in a tux" candidates Tom Hardy and Tom Hiddleston.

thegills

Missed EP2. Anywhere I can get it. BBC don't do a catch up on Sky.

FrancieBrady

thegills wrote: »

Missed EP2. Anywhere I can get it. BBC don't do a catch up on Sky.

If you use Chrome on the computer you can watch the BBC iPlayer using this add-on. Legally as far as I know.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beebs-access-bbc-iplayer/opmliiafmgjkgkfadkpomlefdllhajdi?hl=en

beertons

Just catching this tonight. Looks good.

kala85

How many episodes are in this series.

brian_t

kala85 wrote: »

How many episodes are in this series.

8

loyatemu

FrancieBrady wrote: »

If you use Chrome on the computer you can watch the BBC iPlayer using this add-on. Legally as far as I know.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beebs-access-bbc-iplayer/opmliiafmgjkgkfadkpomlefdllhajdi?hl=en

various reviews there saying it contains adware - approach with caution.

FrancieBrady

loyatemu wrote: »

various reviews there saying it contains adware - approach with caution.

Didn't know that, cheers. Never had a noticeable problem with it, but I do run CCleaner fairly regularly.

Huexotzingo

Liked it so far.

Episode 1 was dull but 2 and 3 were good.

Not as good as 'The Night Manager'.

fryup

its very complicated in fairness

George Sunsnow

Quite enjoying this
True it’s not as good as the night manager but it’s north of 6 out of 10

Like in a lot of tv drama,certain things are in the ‘well that would never happen’ category
I generally watch this Sunday night and for the last 2 weeks When it’s over I’ll switch to watch the 2nd half of striking out
The fact I can follow striking out with not seeing its first half says a lot about that series in comparison

De Bhál

Good episode tonight, and about time too. It was dragging a bit. Less screen time for his family was a plus, couldn't hack another night of his dad moping around with his plastic bottle of vodka.
Tacking on the freedom for the girl was pretty badly done when blackmailing the boss.

Mr.Prodston

Really enjoyed this. I was on the fence to begin with but as it went on I grew into it.

Very much got a Breaking Bad vibe from the way things developed in terms of Alex's character and his transformation.

Basically he's now

Walter White

George Sunsnow

Yup absolutely super
Looked forward to it Sunday nights
Probably only a one off though,no series 2?
Shame if that’s the case

Pretzill

I also thought this was an excellent drama - could be predictable finale but very watchable. Fine locations too.

scotchy

Great series. Have last nights episode recorded and looking forward to getting some me time to watch it.

fryup

wonder will there be a second series?

darced

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decent enough - 6 out of 10 for me.
the main character was a bit too boring in the way that he was played and the fiance was a drip and looked old enough to be his mother.
predictable ending also.
wouldn't be mad about a second series.
the night manager had flaws also but was better.

loyatemu

watched the final episode yesterday - I just didn't buy Alex as a cold-blooded gangster; he wasn't particularly convincing as a banker either and his fiance was terrible. The most interesting bits were about the other characters - Vadim, the indian gangs, Eddie Jordan, the drunken dad.

loyatemu

loyatemu wrote: »

watched the final episode yesterday - I just didn't buy Alex as a cold-blooded gangster; he wasn't particularly convincing as a banker either and his fiance was terrible. The most interesting bits were about the other characters - Vadim, the indian gangs, Eddie Jordan, the drunken dad.

skinny Eddie Jordan who prefers the lads. that guy cavorting around in speedos was the most disturbing part of the series.

FrancieBrady

Overly complicated at times, cliche ridden, with a plank in the lead. Thought it was tame enough stuff in the end. Agree with the point about it not being credible that he suddenly became a cold killer. Actor was far too one dimensional to give us any insights in to his journey.

beertons

Wait. Is that Eddie Jordan?

4Ad

loyatemu wrote: »

watched the final episode yesterday - I just didn't buy Alex as a cold-blooded gangster; he wasn't particularly convincing as a banker either and his fiance was terrible. The most interesting bits were about the other characters - Vadim, the indian gangs, Eddie Jordan, the drunken dad.

Agree with you.
Vadim was brilliant.
His daughter was more brilliant.
The Indian gangs weren't in it enough.
Thought the episode with the hacking was over compicated (for me)
The lead actor will never be James Bond, plank.
The Fiancè was boring.
I agree with 6/10.

JoeA3

Agree with the last few posts.
Overall I thought it was just passable.

The guy who played Alex never convinced me. His whispering voice / cool demeanour didn’t ring true. It felt like he was auditioning for the Cadbury’s milk tray man / James Bond lite. Daniel Craig can rest easy.

The bits involving the fiancé, his mother, sister, and the father’s mistress were all boring and added little or nothing.

After Eddie Jordan featuring heavily for much of the series and playing a somewhat “threatening” character, he shrivelled all too easily into his speedos after that assault allegation and didn’t appear at all in the last episode. Odd.

Was not convinced at all by Alex holding a gun or being in any way cut out for that kind of lifestyle.

Also felt that the portrayal of all the Russian characters to be one massive cliche. Hoodlums, gangsters, drunks. It wasn’t a great endorsement for the Moscow tourist board.

loyatemu

4Ad wrote: »

Thought the episode with the hacking was over compicated (for me)

ugh, I work in IT - I hate hacking scenes. Scriptwriters seem to think "hacking" is akin to magic or voodoo...

"Can you get into this system"
Generic nerd: "of course I can!"
[10 minutes later]
"I'm in!"

Some really clunky dialogue between Alex and his fiancee too, she was constantly explaining his own character's motivations back to him.

loyatemu

loyatemu wrote: »

ugh, I work in IT - I hate hacking scenes. Scriptwriters seem to think "hacking" is akin to magic or voodoo...

"Can you get into this system"
Generic nerd: "of course I can!"
[10 minutes later]
"I'm in!"

Some really clunky dialogue between Alex and his fiancee too, she was constantly explaining his own character's motivations back to him.

IT hacking stuff is always like that in movies/tv. They are not going to spend hours trying to portray some even more boring reality!

JP Liz V1

It started on RTE 1 tonight

brian_t

The second series will be set in the USA and gets a new writer Paul Webb who scripted the movie "Selma".

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/17/mcmafia-bbc-one-second-series-james-norton-tutankhamun-saatchi-leonardo-national-gallery

Harry Palmr

Not sure the world demanded this but there we are

PCros

I was just wondering will there ever be a second season? It was renewed in 2018 but it seems to have just fizzled out.

Great little show, would be a shame if not.

no word since it was given a renewal

may never happen as that was over 3 years ago now