Intruders
SERIES 1 - 1. SHE WAS PROVISIONAL
BBC Two Mon 27th Oct 9pm - 9:45pm
Repeat: BBC Two (not Scotland) Wednesday 11:20pm
Repeat: BBC Two Scotland Wednesday 11:50pm
Review by: Alison GrahamIntruders is remarkable for two things – John Simm’s American accent and an uncannily assured performance from a very gifted British child actor, Millie Bobbie Brown.
Both mitigate the temptation to throw up your hands in pained bafflement at yet another impenetrable supernatural thriller (is anyone still trying to make sense of The Leftovers on Sky Atlantic?).
But Intruders, a BBC Worldwide-funded production first shown on BBC America, has enough going for it to snag your interest. Simm’s assured accent (to my ears, anyway) transforms him from tortured Mancunian soul to tortured ex-LA cop Jack Whelan, who’s plunged into something otherworldly when his lawyer wife (Mira Sorvino) disappears on a business trip to Seattle.
Though it’s hard to make out what’s going on, there’s a hypnotic quality to the double-episode opener, and Millie Bobbie Brown as a nine-year-old girl (or IS she?) hunted by an implacable killer (James Frain) is outstanding.
1/8. New series. Former LAPD cop Jack Whelan (John Simm) finds the quiet idyllic life he has crafted with his wife Amy (Mira Sorvino) shattered when she vanishes. Troubled by a violent history, Jack is drawn deeper into the mystery when his high-school friend knocks on his door asking for help with a murder inquiry. The more Jack uncovers, the further down the dark path of his own past he is drawn, and he soon crosses paths with a secret society know as Qui Reverti. Supernatural drama thriller, also starring Tory Kittles.
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