MobLand (2025–)

Mobland is an entertaining gangster story. That's it. Nothing spectacular and nothing mediocre. With Guy Ritchie involved in the series there is indeed that classic many plots intermingling in the overall story treatment. One thing that stands out in this series is Pierce Brosnan's performance. Definitely not Tom Hardy's. Don't get fooled by the praise showered on Tom Hardy by his fanboys. Any third rate actor can do what Tom Hardy did in this series. He is a talented actor no doubt, but his performance in this series is, I feel, the lowest effort he…

I'm not a fan of high violence or gang movies. Dexter, Breaking Bad, etc., aren't my thing. The trailer didn't motivate me either; it actually discouraged me. I gave it 15 minutes, but I couldn't stop watching. It's somewhat of a modern day Godfather and again the dynamic of the family and all the players pulls you in. I figured that it must be pretty good given the three A-list actors: Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan and Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan. I burned through the 10-episode first season in no time. I don't know…

"Mobland" is a larger than life but nonetheless watchable, Brit crime drama. This series feels somewhat like a satire, of your British organised crime, figures.Its loud tones, predictable stereotypes and at times implausible plot twists, do tend to rob it, of certain, credibility. Tom Hardy is as brilliant as ever, in the role of the chief family enforcer, fixer, whilst Pierce Brosnan hands in a competent performance, as the family's patriarch. Helen Mirren, who, to be honest, has never much impressed me, fits in well in the role of Brosnan's cunning,…