TITLE: McMafia
GENRE: … suspense? thriller? Inscrutable hodgepodge of boring?
STARRING: David Strathairn, James Norton
PRODUCTION COMPANY/COUNTRY: BBC One & AMC
YEAR: 2017
RATING: One of these š because you’re gonna wanna catch a lot of these š¤ if you watch McMafia.
WHERE CAN I SEE IT? If you insist, AMC and the new subscription channel, AMC Premier
Here’s a good tip for this BBC/AMC co-production: skip it. For serious, don’t even bother. McMafia is slow-moving, but not a slow burn.
It’s leading man, James Norton…what to say about James? “Wooden” is a recurring theme in reviews of hisĀ McMafia performance. I hesitate to call it a performance but I know it is because I’ve seen him beĀ an exceptionally creepy and annoying psychopath in the crime drama Happy Valley (watch season one). He’s won awards for that turn and also nabbed himself a BAFTA Award for play a smoldering holy man/detective in Grantchester. But I’m not sure what he’s doing in McMafia besides clearly waiting for his next line like they were hard to memorize.
I’m a banker not a gangster.
James Norton put himself to sleep with his performance in McMafia. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT WAKE HIM.
