Underground thriller with a particularly Strong cast
ASHARP, classy thriller to sink your teeth into, this London-based series has a top-notch cast. Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays star in the emotionally complex drama based on the critically acclaimed Norwegian original, Valkyrien.
It starts with several things going on at once.
A band of thieves are planning to rob a depot, but not everything goes according to plan.
Meanwhile a surgeon seems to also be stealing, taking drugs and equipment from the hospital where he works.
The two plots collide soon enough of course, and gradually everything becomes a bit clearer.
Daniel Milton is our surgeon, played by Strong, who operates an illegal clinic deep below London’s Temple tube station.
It’s a place where people can seek emergency medical treatment while remaining outside the system and off the
radar. We soon learn that he’s grieving the recent loss of his wife Beth and appears to be out of sorts.
Strong is helped in his clinic by disgruntled underground worker Lee, played by Mays, and guilt-ridden medical researcher Anna, played by van Houten.
Expect a few gory medical scenes as Milton tries to save lives in his underground cave, where it doesn’t appear to be as hygienic as you might like. There are also a few flashbacks as Milton remembers times with Beth before she died.
As the details emerge slowly, drip fed to us, the questions stack up
– and watch out for a decent twist or two.