by Pa Rock
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I had the opportunity to view a remarkably good action/comedy television series in its entirety over the holiday weekend. The show, a British production called The Wrong Mans, stars comic actors Mathew Baynton and James Corden. Baynton and Corden were also the creators of the series and were responsible for much of the writing. Their creation ran for two seasons and a total of ten episodes of about thirty minutes each. It is available on Hulu.
The premise has two somewhat goofy low-level government functionaries getting inadvertently swept up into global espionage. Baynton's character witnesses a car wreck one morning while walking to work along a country lane. After the police and ambulance arrive and leave, Baynton prepares to continue his walk when he hears a telephone ringing along beside the road. A voice on the phone tells him that he has a limited time deliver the money or his wife would be killed. Baynton, assuming the phone and the message belong to the injured driver of the car, takes the phone to work where he mentions the incident to his friend - Corden. Corden's character decides this is their big moment, a time to break loose from their mundane lives and experience adventure.
Needless to say, they encounter adventure and experience life to a degree that neither had ever thought possible. As their lives begin to seemingly unravel, the pair are confronted by gun-toting gangsters, framed for murder, taken into witness protection, busted for drug smuggling, sent to prison, mistaken for bomb-makers, and go through a raft of other life-altering experiences.
British comedy legend Dawn French stars in the series as Corden's mother.
The Wrong Mans is an engrossing show that grabs viewers in the early scenes of the first episode and never lets go. It is extremely well written, seldom predictable, and moves at a fast pace. The main characters are a couple of everyday guys (mans) who climb aboard a wild ride and somehow manage to hang on. Their ultimate success is a victory not only for themselves, but a win for every forgotten person who toils at the base of society and along the edges of the dream.
This is a good one. Prepare to be entertained!
Streamer
I had the opportunity to view a remarkably good action/comedy television series in its entirety over the holiday weekend. The show, a British production called The Wrong Mans, stars comic actors Mathew Baynton and James Corden. Baynton and Corden were also the creators of the series and were responsible for much of the writing. Their creation ran for two seasons and a total of ten episodes of about thirty minutes each. It is available on Hulu.
The premise has two somewhat goofy low-level government functionaries getting inadvertently swept up into global espionage. Baynton's character witnesses a car wreck one morning while walking to work along a country lane. After the police and ambulance arrive and leave, Baynton prepares to continue his walk when he hears a telephone ringing along beside the road. A voice on the phone tells him that he has a limited time deliver the money or his wife would be killed. Baynton, assuming the phone and the message belong to the injured driver of the car, takes the phone to work where he mentions the incident to his friend - Corden. Corden's character decides this is their big moment, a time to break loose from their mundane lives and experience adventure.
Needless to say, they encounter adventure and experience life to a degree that neither had ever thought possible. As their lives begin to seemingly unravel, the pair are confronted by gun-toting gangsters, framed for murder, taken into witness protection, busted for drug smuggling, sent to prison, mistaken for bomb-makers, and go through a raft of other life-altering experiences.
British comedy legend Dawn French stars in the series as Corden's mother.
The Wrong Mans is an engrossing show that grabs viewers in the early scenes of the first episode and never lets go. It is extremely well written, seldom predictable, and moves at a fast pace. The main characters are a couple of everyday guys (mans) who climb aboard a wild ride and somehow manage to hang on. Their ultimate success is a victory not only for themselves, but a win for every forgotten person who toils at the base of society and along the edges of the dream.
This is a good one. Prepare to be entertained!
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