Empire (UK)

ZEROZEROZE­RO

- IF

★★★★

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.

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