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Remote Patrol: Will Amazon's Bosch be the next streaming sensation?
Remote Patrol: Will Amazon's Bosch be the next streaming sensation?
Amazon Prime recently crossed over to the mainstream with Transparent, which took home Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actor (for the amazing Jeffrey Tambor) at the Golden Globes.
But the Web retailer's other original series, like Garry Trudeau's sharp DC satire Alpha House (which has been overshadowed by Netflix's House of Cards and HBO's Veep) and the orchestral farce Mozart in the Jungle, haven't made much noise.
But on February 13, Amazon rolls out its first drama series, Bosch, based on Michael Connelly's best-selling mystery novels. And you'll definitely want to add this one to your cart.
Titus Welliver - a fantastic actor who's mostly played supporting roles on quality series like Sons of Anarchy and Deadwood - steps up to play the lead, LAPD detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch.
He's a rule-bending workaholic who's driven by his dark past (the murder of his mother, a prostitute, has never been solved), and the star delivers a quietly mesmerising performance.
Welliver's intensity is matched by Bosch's solid supporting cast, including two veterans of The Wire, Lance Reddick and Jamie Hector. Reddick's role as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving isn't too far from his Wire/Fringe wheelhouse, but it's a treat to see Hector (who was so good at being bad as Baltimore drug lord Marlo Stanfield) jump over to the other side of the law as Bosch's cop partner, the dryly witty Jerry Edgar.
The women in Bosch's life are well-portrayed by 24 alum Annie Wersching - as a lawyer-turned-uniform cop who engages in some undercover action with our single-dad protagonist - and ex-ER doc Amy Aquino - as a platonic police pal.
But the real standout is Jason Gedrick, who gets back to his dark roots from his days on the too-short-lived '90s dramas Murder One and E-Z Streets as a devilishly manipulative serial killer.
As in Connelly's complicated novels, cases bleed over into each other, as Gedrick's character tries to take credit for the years-old murder of a young boy whose bones are discovered in the hills outside LA.
The novelist has a hand in all of Bosch's scripts - unlike the big-screen adaptations of his books The Lincoln Lawyer and Blood Work - and longtime readers will be gratified by how faithful the series is to the original tomes.
Bosch's gritty moral shades of grey will remind fans of The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street, which is no coincidence since Eric Overmyer, who worked on those shows, serves as one of the executive producers.
And just like Baltimore was a major character on both, LA looms large this time. This is no City of Angels, though: it's no coincidence the title character shares the name of the Renaissance Netherlandish painter best-known for his nightmarish hellscapes.
If only Amazon's newest crop of pilots - which it put up online last month and asked viewers to vote for their favorites - were as riveting as Bosch.
A few of them, like The Shield creator Shawn Ryan's remake of the dark British comedy Mad Dogs and the firearms-themed dysfunctional-family dramedy Cocked, show promise. But the rest, including Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse's laughable Civil War soap Point of Honor and former X-Files scribe Frank Spotnitz's take on Phillip K. Dick's post-WWII tale The Man in the High Castle, fall short of the mark.
Then again, I wasn't totally sold on Bosch after its pilot posted last year, and after devouring four (of ten) episodes, I can't wait for more. Let the binge begin!
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/featu...#ixzz3RGU4ba5p
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Loved the novels I can't wait for these. Happy Valentine's Day to ME!!!!
Amazon Prime recently crossed over to the mainstream with Transparent, which took home Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actor (for the amazing Jeffrey Tambor) at the Golden Globes.
But the Web retailer's other original series, like Garry Trudeau's sharp DC satire Alpha House (which has been overshadowed by Netflix's House of Cards and HBO's Veep) and the orchestral farce Mozart in the Jungle, haven't made much noise.
But on February 13, Amazon rolls out its first drama series, Bosch, based on Michael Connelly's best-selling mystery novels. And you'll definitely want to add this one to your cart.
Titus Welliver - a fantastic actor who's mostly played supporting roles on quality series like Sons of Anarchy and Deadwood - steps up to play the lead, LAPD detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch.
He's a rule-bending workaholic who's driven by his dark past (the murder of his mother, a prostitute, has never been solved), and the star delivers a quietly mesmerising performance.
Welliver's intensity is matched by Bosch's solid supporting cast, including two veterans of The Wire, Lance Reddick and Jamie Hector. Reddick's role as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving isn't too far from his Wire/Fringe wheelhouse, but it's a treat to see Hector (who was so good at being bad as Baltimore drug lord Marlo Stanfield) jump over to the other side of the law as Bosch's cop partner, the dryly witty Jerry Edgar.
The women in Bosch's life are well-portrayed by 24 alum Annie Wersching - as a lawyer-turned-uniform cop who engages in some undercover action with our single-dad protagonist - and ex-ER doc Amy Aquino - as a platonic police pal.
But the real standout is Jason Gedrick, who gets back to his dark roots from his days on the too-short-lived '90s dramas Murder One and E-Z Streets as a devilishly manipulative serial killer.
As in Connelly's complicated novels, cases bleed over into each other, as Gedrick's character tries to take credit for the years-old murder of a young boy whose bones are discovered in the hills outside LA.
The novelist has a hand in all of Bosch's scripts - unlike the big-screen adaptations of his books The Lincoln Lawyer and Blood Work - and longtime readers will be gratified by how faithful the series is to the original tomes.
Bosch's gritty moral shades of grey will remind fans of The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street, which is no coincidence since Eric Overmyer, who worked on those shows, serves as one of the executive producers.
And just like Baltimore was a major character on both, LA looms large this time. This is no City of Angels, though: it's no coincidence the title character shares the name of the Renaissance Netherlandish painter best-known for his nightmarish hellscapes.
If only Amazon's newest crop of pilots - which it put up online last month and asked viewers to vote for their favorites - were as riveting as Bosch.
A few of them, like The Shield creator Shawn Ryan's remake of the dark British comedy Mad Dogs and the firearms-themed dysfunctional-family dramedy Cocked, show promise. But the rest, including Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse's laughable Civil War soap Point of Honor and former X-Files scribe Frank Spotnitz's take on Phillip K. Dick's post-WWII tale The Man in the High Castle, fall short of the mark.
Then again, I wasn't totally sold on Bosch after its pilot posted last year, and after devouring four (of ten) episodes, I can't wait for more. Let the binge begin!
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/featu...#ixzz3RGU4ba5p
Follow us: @digitalspy on Twitter | digitalspyuk on Facebook
Loved the novels I can't wait for these. Happy Valentine's Day to ME!!!!
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