The Commander: Virus (2005 TV Movie)
3/10
Subprime, Suspect
28 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers
This would be a perfectly adequate police procedural, but I'm marking it down as it appears to be an identikit paste up of scripts not good enough to be Prime Suspects, and most of all for the gross overuse of hand-held camera. Gives it a documentary feel, torn from today's headlines, right? No. Not only hard to watch but it must mean that someone with inner ear problems had been crouching down everywhere the action takes place, framing too tightly on actor faces. The police HQ, the suspects' and victims' homes, inside cars--everywhere. Would all concerned--cops, villains, subsidiary characters--have invited videographers to capture their every move close up? I'd have amply reasonable doubts.

It isn't the fault actress' fault that she looks like Hillary Clinton or that they dressed policewomen to look like flight attendants in early 21st century London. But throw in clichés about creepy computer hackers, ethically damaged tabloid reporters and an ill-advised love interest on the part of the main character, and it's going to be a long first season.
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