![]() Esmé Creed-Miles is fantastically blunt as Hanna, who knows how to crush a windpipe with a swift strike but doesn't know the first thing about being a normal teenage girl, and Mireille Enos gives one of the best performances of her career as Marissa, Hanna's enemy-turned-ally. But there was clearly more story to tell, and the film's screenwriter, David Farr, branched things out with Hanna the series. Joe Wright's 2011 film Hanna purposefully kept its focus tight on a story of a teenage girl trained to be an assassin by a secret organization, limiting most of the action to a few locations and binding the story to a small group of characters. Liam Mathews Įsmé Creed-Miles, Hanna Christopher Raphael It's a workmanlike detective/action show that isn't very ambitious but is a lot of fun, especially for fans of Amazon's other dad-book adaptations Bosch and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. And when he can't talk his way to a solution, he sure can punch, shoot, and headbutt his way to one. ![]() He gets off a bus in a small Georgia town and quickly gets caught up in a conspiracy of currency trafficking, political corruption, and murder, and helps two local cops unravel the mystery using his savant-like investigative skills and unfiltered willingness to say whatever he's thinking. He was previously played on the big screen by Tom Cruise, who is not built like TV's Reacher Alan Ritchson, who is built like Arnold Schwarzenegger if he played in the NFL. Reacher is a TV adaptation of author Lee Child's paperback novels about Jack Reacher, a brolic former military policeman who wanders around the country using his brains and his brawn to solve crimes. ![]() It's like each of them created half of a show and then wove them together. It's a tonally unique show that combines elements of a witty workplace comedy and a crime thriller in a way that befits its odd couple co-creators, The Office's Stephen Merchant (who also co-stars) and Mayans M.C.'s Elgin James. Their lives get intertwined in surprising, unpredictable ways when one of them hides a bag of stolen cash at the worksite and the others find it. alongside a disparate group of people whose only thing in common is that they're all there because their lives aren't going super well. He plays an American ex-con in Bristol who's doing community service - or "Community Payback," as it's called in the U.K. The other is The Outlaws, a nifty little British dramedy about community service. The first is the excellent Apple TV+ drama Severance, which you should watch if you haven't. Last updated on June 2 the most recent additions are at the topįor fans of: Murder mysteries, but darkly funnyĪll of a sudden, Christopher Walken is a prolific TV actor! After never being a series regular on a TV show in his nearly 60-year acting career, the screen icon now has respectful "And Christopher Walken" billing on two shows in one year. ![]() But we're also putting our own personal spin on the list, with underrated gems we're recommending to our friends, classic favorites, and important selections that highlight diverse voices. Or if you'd like to give your brain a rest, watch the predictable bluster of the espionage blockbuster Citadel, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden.Īn important note about how this list was made: In order to keep the list as relevant as possible, we're emphasizing recent releases, Prime Video originals, and critics' favorites. For lighter fare, check out Shea Serrano's semi-biographical comedy Primo, which is streaming for free on Freevee. The newest entry on our list is the Australian comedy-drama Deadloch, a murder mystery with a twisted sense of humor. The best shows to watch on Amazon Prime Video right now may not be getting all the headlines, but they're definitely worth your time. ![]()
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