ZEROZEROZERO
★★★★
OUT FEBRUARY TBC (SKY ATLANTIC/NOW TV) / EPISODES VIEWED 3 OF 8 SHOWRUNNERS Stefano Sollima, Leonardo Fasoli, Mauricio Katz CAST Andrea Riseborough, Dane Dehaan, Gabriel Byrne
Zerozerozero is an overview of the cocaine business from three perspectives; the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate who buy the shipments, the Mexican cartels who distribute them and the American Lynwood family (patriarch Gabriel Byrne, ambitious daughter Andrea Riseborough, sheltered son Dane Dehaan) who broker the deals. The concept (a sprawling narcotics drama over numerous continents) and details (so many discarded mobile phones) feel familiar, but the storytelling is engagingly tricksy, the action terrific and the cinematograpy stunning, while a score by Mogwai adds an air of dreamy reflection unusual in the genre.