There is more to putting a drama like this together than sinister music, sinister looks and but if running about.
The shame about SHARDLAKE is that the budget is there and the actor are there, the script however isn't. The adaptation takes a strong book by C J SANSOM and makes it a meandering mess of a thing, a basic detective procedural laced with long exposition sections in the refectory, replete with lingering glances, meaningful stares and moody music. The music is a sub Hans Zimmer smush of broody brace and tense strings that doesn't really drive the action, just paints it in different variants of beige.
It's a diverting watch but could have been so much better in the hands of writers and directors who trusted the material.
The shame about SHARDLAKE is that the budget is there and the actor are there, the script however isn't. The adaptation takes a strong book by C J SANSOM and makes it a meandering mess of a thing, a basic detective procedural laced with long exposition sections in the refectory, replete with lingering glances, meaningful stares and moody music. The music is a sub Hans Zimmer smush of broody brace and tense strings that doesn't really drive the action, just paints it in different variants of beige.
It's a diverting watch but could have been so much better in the hands of writers and directors who trusted the material.