A bolt of real-world irreverence is shot through even the most solemn exchanges, undercutting what could in other hands be extremely ‘I’ve been expecting you, Mr Bond’ dialogue. Given the intensity and gravity of the subject matter, it’s astonishing that the four episodes available to preview never become suffocating.
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The world being what it is right now, care has clearly been taken here to lift what could be an onslaught of real-life trauma, though that being said, episode three still contains one of the most harrowing sequences on TV in years. The project was originally titled ‘Extinction’ but renamed to avoid feeling too bleak. The next masterstroke is how creator Joe Barton ( Giri/Haji, The Ritual) pitches his scripts’ tone. Add in Charly Clive and Brian Gleeson and it’s a strong ensemble. Tom Burke ( Strike, The Souvenir) and Vinette Robinson ( Boiling Point, A Christmas Carol) entirely steal later episodes as the show’s focus pivots from character to character. Rudi Dharmalingam is unrecognisable from the sweetly nerdy character he played in BBC One’s The Split, and here is the darkly tormented Shiv. Vigiland Bodyguard’s Anjli Mohindra is a cool customer as George’s recruiting officer into Lazarus. If Essiedu is great, then the rest of the cast is equally well chosen. Can he slot in among them? And what will be the human cost of knowing what he knows? Everyman George has stumbled upon an earth-shattering secret that throws him into a heightened world of apocalyptic threat and super-villains. Something Else is going on and the Lazarus Project is behind it. Is George losing it, or is Something Else going on? Even more inexplicably, nobody else appears to have noticed. That’s how it goes until the day George wakes up to find the calendar has inexplicably rewound six months. He’s an easy-going plodder who shares a flat with girlfriend Sarah ( Charly Clive) and, were he not the lead character in this ambitious series, would likely contentedly tick off life’s milestones until his final breath. The quiet parade of continual threats to mortal life that make collapsing into bed at the end of each day a victory if you only let yourself think about it…Īpp designer George Addo ( Paapa Essiedu) until now, has never let himself think about it. Instead of distracting from the world’s problems, it brings them into focus: Pandemics.
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With its top-secret organisation, globe-trotting car chases, shoot-outs, time-loops and kick-ass agents saving the world, The Lazarus Project may sound like the stuff of James Bond or Fox TV, but this Sky series is no escapist romp. This The Lazarus Project review is spoiler-free and based on episodes one to four of eight.
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