Slow Horses (2022)
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
3 connections found
View:
3 connections, in both directions
What critics compared Slow Horses to
…takes a very grounded approach, following in the tradition of shows like True Detective and Slow Horses…
It’s as much a True Detective and Slow Horses-style murder mystery as it is a superhero drama (and, in fact, features veterans of both shows among its creative team).
The pilot, directed by James Hawes (Slow Horses) does a nice job of dropping the viewer right into the middle of its fast-moving riddles…
…and “Slow Horses” (for its disreputable hero, I guess), with “Slow Horses” director James Hawes helming the first two episodes.
Shows like SLOW HORSES and BLACK DOVES are such big streaming hits that their spy thrillers get renewed as soon as a season drops.
It’s of a piece with the chaos the Slow Horses would have to clean up—a high compliment for contemporary spy fiction.
Director James Hawes previously helmed 2023’s poignant One Life, and seeing him further embrace espionage and action, building on his work as a director on Apple TV’s Slow Horses, is more than welcome.
…honed his craft on episodes of various prestige TV shows, such as Slow Horses and Doctor Who…
He's directed several episodes of Slow Horses, a tv show based on the work of another cult spy thriller author, Mick Herron.
Director James Hawes — whose career mostly has been in TV, most recently on the first season of “Slow Horses”…
James Hawes, who directed the entire first season of Slow Horses, wants to subvert the 007-style slickness common to the spy-film genre.
Director James Hawes (Black Mirror, Slow Horses) does his work serviceably…