Al returns to his Prime in Hunters
Acting legend steals the show in Holocaust revenge fantasy
It hasn’t been the best of times for Home And Away’s Dean as he split with Ziggy and caused bad feeling with close pal Willow all in the space of 24 hours. After throwing his toys out of the pram because Ziggy got the race track job, he dumped her in a hasty act of pride – then hit the bottle and quit his job at the board shop. Let’s hope he ditches the immature behaviour and makes amends this week. this underworld through the eyes of teenager Jonah Heidelbaum (Logan Lerman) who deals drugs to get by.
He is introduced to Meyer Offerman (Pacino) after his grandmother is murdered by a mysterious figure who seems to have known her
Al Pacino personally. Offerman, who is an old family friend, vows to look out for him as Jonah decides to take it upon himself to seek justice for the crime.
As the group goes about waging their secret war, a lone FBI agent named Millie Malone (Jerrika Hinton) begins looking into Nazis hiding out in America.
Pacino puts in a stellar performance, as does Lerman, and their heroism is matched in terrifying style by the villainy of Nazi spy Biff Simpson (Dylan Baker).
Hunters is not for those of a
Dean Thompson delicate disposition. There are disturbing scenes from the off and the first episode opens with a chilling act of violence.
There are shades of Inglorious Basterds’ Christoph Waltz as Simpson deals with a Holocaust survivor who recognises him and delivers a terrifying monologue. Pacino has starred in TV mini-series before but this is the veteran’s first time to appear in an episodic television drama.
At the London premiere, the Serpico star revealed that wearing a tattoo on his left arm to portray a Jewish Nazi hunter helped him “become that person”.
The 79-year-old revealed: “It was a reminder, it contributed to all the aspects of the character you are playing and how you absorb a character.”