Netflix has debuted a new thriller series for fans of spy and spy-adjacent stories: It's The Night Agent, which hit the streamer on Thursday.
— is reminiscent of the kind of formulaic storytelling that fans of the Jack Ryan, Reacher, and Bourne Identity books will recognize, albeit without the same kind of secret agent who comes off as a borderline superhero in so many of these kinds of stories.
Basso’s Peter is an FBI agent who doesn’t exist as some kind of “unbeatable killing machine,” as Ryan puts it. He’s an underdog, not a trained assassin. You also get the sense that the young woman he’s trying to protect may or may not make it to the end of the novel, and so the story keeps you locked in and turning the pages.
Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin and Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland in Netflix’s “The Night Agent.” Image source: Dan Power/NetflixOverall, Netflix’s production does as good a job as it can with source material that didn’t exactly wow me — a sentiment that’s also reflected in the Rotten Tomatoes score forThe series currently has an 83% critics’ score and a 67% audience score as of this writing — a bit of a mixed bag, which is the reason for the tentative “yes” above.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
‘The Night Agent’ and ‘Agent Elvis’: A double dose of spiesNetflix invests in espionage with two new series featuring 'agent' in the title.
続きを読む »
‘The Night Agent’ Review: Netflix’s Pleasantly Pulpy New Spy SeriesGabriel Basso plays a young FBI agent whose dead-end assignment connects him to a deadly conspiracy in Shawn Ryan's adaptation of the novel by Matthew Quirk.
続きを読む »
'The Night Agent' Review: Netflix's Latest Spy Series Is Simple Yet EngagingIn the pantheon of action-thrillers on streaming, TheNightAgent is definitely one of the more memorable ones. Our review:
続きを読む »
Shawn Ryan Interview: The Night AgentWe chat with ShawnRyanTV, showrunner and creator of SWAT and TheShield, about bringing his new political thriller TheNightAgent to life on Netflix:
続きを読む »
Ex-kid star Gabriel Basso gets tough in spy thriller ‘The Night Agent’“This was the first role as an adult where I was put in positions that I hadn’t been in before — a lot of action stuff, which was cool, because I love all that.”
続きを読む »
‘The Night Agent’ Is a Sparky, Intriguing Political Thriller: TV ReviewHong Chau — the Oscar-nominated actor, who’s appeared in “The Whale,” “The Menu,” and “Downsizing” — is an interesting element on Netflix’s new series “The Night Agent,” and a revealing one. …
続きを読む »