Tom Bateman plays Robert Jekyll. Grown up in colonial Ceylon, with his foster family murdered he comes to 1930s Britain where there are shadowy organisations involved in the investigation of the supernatural and people with special abilities.
The series had high production values, very well filmed and good set design.
However it was incredibly slow paced and not well written. Three episodes in and we have the reveal that Jekyll is also Mr Hyde. The grandson of the original Jekyll and Hyde from the Victorian era.
The stories just dragged, the series had try to go with an Incredible Hulk feel as the inadequate Jekyll transforms to the more physical Mr Hyde while retaining Jekyll's intelligence but with added guile and friskiness.
Bateman was not magnetic in the role. It was noticeable he did little promotion for the series to sell himself in the role. I just found him dull. With Richard E Grant in the cast the ham factor dial went to 11.
As for the tone of the series, for something aimed for a family audience and broadcast in the tea time slot we had a family burnt alive in the first episode. The violence in this series had some unpleasantness to it.
The series had high production values, very well filmed and good set design.
However it was incredibly slow paced and not well written. Three episodes in and we have the reveal that Jekyll is also Mr Hyde. The grandson of the original Jekyll and Hyde from the Victorian era.
The stories just dragged, the series had try to go with an Incredible Hulk feel as the inadequate Jekyll transforms to the more physical Mr Hyde while retaining Jekyll's intelligence but with added guile and friskiness.
Bateman was not magnetic in the role. It was noticeable he did little promotion for the series to sell himself in the role. I just found him dull. With Richard E Grant in the cast the ham factor dial went to 11.
As for the tone of the series, for something aimed for a family audience and broadcast in the tea time slot we had a family burnt alive in the first episode. The violence in this series had some unpleasantness to it.