TV GUIDE: Weekend Review: Breaking Bad, Low Winter Sun, White Queen, Strike Back, Clear History
Aug 9, 2013
by Matt Roush
... BADGES OF DISHONOR: As Breaking Bad begins its triumphant final lap, AMC pairs it with a show that peers even deeper into the criminal abyss: Low Winter Sun (Sundays, 10/9c), which reshapes a two-part 2006 British miniseries into a grim but familiar study of moral and urban corruption in the timely setting of a troubled, broken Detroit.
Mark Strong compellingly reprises his role from the original series as a tormented detective compelled by his partner (Lennie James) to murder a dirty colleague in the opening scenes, a desperate act that tears them apart when an Internal Affairs investigation ensues (led by former Breaking Bad patsy David Costabile). With subplots involving criminals caught up in the local drug scene, Sun aspires to the breadth if not the depth of The Wire. But it's so self-conscious in its existential misery, lacking the leavening humor and humanity of a modern classic like Breaking Bad, that it often feels more punishing than provocative...
Low Winter Sun cast includes Mark Strong, Lennie James, James Ransone, Castle's Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Sprague Grayden, Athena Karkanis, Billy Lush and David Costabile.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF 'LOW WINTER SUN'S' PREMIERE EPISODE
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