Even with redemption seemingly in reach, the outlaws find their time running out and the net closing in on them. They face a stark choice - die apart or survive together?Even with redemption seemingly in reach, the outlaws find their time running out and the net closing in on them. They face a stark choice - die apart or survive together?Even with redemption seemingly in reach, the outlaws find their time running out and the net closing in on them. They face a stark choice - die apart or survive together?
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- Diane Pemberley
- (as Jess Gunning)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Bulgarian Lottery did draw the same numbers on 6 & 10 September 1989. The numbers were 4, 15, 23, 24, 35, and 42. While no one guessed the correct numbers the first time, 18 guessed the second time, splitting the prize, each winning 10,164 levs ($7,700).
- GoofsLambs Bottom Road (or indeed Lambsbottom Road) doesn't exist in Bristol and if it did the road sign would have a red 'BSx' designator, where 'x' is the zone.
- Quotes
Christian Taylor: I shot someone... It was self-defense.
Lady Gabriella Penrose-Howe: Is the person...?
Christian Taylor: I don't know.
Gregory Dillard: OK, you have to hand yourself in. Running makes you look guilty. If you wait for the police to catch up with you, it will weaken your case. And they will catch up with you.
Rani Rekowski: We won't abandon you. I promise.
Lady Gabriella Penrose-Howe: Look, if you need help with money I can always get you a lawyer like Greg.
Gregory Dillard: Or a competent one.
A group of offenders, carrying out community service refurbing a leisure centre, discover a large bag of cash in the roof. Unbeknownst to them, the bag was put there by one of their fellow offenders, Ben (Gamba Cole) a young man who robbed a drug dealer under duress but plans to use the money to get him and his sister out of Bristol. As they decide what to do with the money, the head of the drug dealing operation, 'The Dean' (Claes Bang) start to use his influence to recover it.
Oddly, for me, I think I liked "The Outlaws" more in its lighter moments, than in it's darker ones. Each of the characters has their own personal drama, which is feeds both into the crimes they committed to get here and into their decision to take the money. It's quite cleverly plotted in that way, as the characters occupations and history give them at least an opportunity to get away with it. There is an edge of make-believe to the darker crime elements though. Claes Bang gets to be more of a pantomime gangster, and doesn't actually feature that much, but Charles Babalola plays Christian, who actively runs the gang and though violence is threatened at times, it's never particularly convincing. This is never more evident than in the season's final moments, when a legal situation is sidestepped, but the whole angry drug dealer element is rather glossed over. I assume that'll feature more in the second season though.
It's quite funny, at times, mostly with Stephen Merchant cracking jokes at his own expense. Christopher Walken just has to deliver any line in his usual cadence for it to be amazing. Darren Boyd and Claire Perkins are reliable performers, but the shows heart is with Gamba Cole and Rhianne Barreto, as the young potential couple for whom life keeps getting in the way. I wish perhaps it was just the bit more consistently funny though.
- southdavid
- Apr 14, 2023
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- Runtime58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix