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Task: the creator of Mare of Easttown Recurrent [critique]
Brad Ingelsby always has the thing to tell criminal stories on edge. Its new series is a fascinating dramatic canvas, which offers all its actors an exceptional field of expression.
HBO always knows how to impose its legendary aura in the prestigious television landscape. Its new mini-series events, Task – Who arrives in France today on HBO Max – is still a jewel of criminal drama in miseral, written with care by Brad Ingelsbywhich confirms, four years later Mare of Easttownthat he always has the chic to tell simple stories with a striking intensity.
The author owed us a little revenge after the disappointing TV movie Echo Valley (on Apple TV+ this year). He brilliantly caught up with a new cat and mouse game, a new story of depressed cops, which run after criminals embedded in a life of misery. No, Englishby Do not overthrow the table. In Taskwe find the themes that have made the success of Mare of Easttown : Meditation on mourning, family and afflictions of police work in a social environment damaged by drugs and poverty. Besides, the decorum is the same. Englishbya native of Philadelphia, remains in the depths of the green Pennsylvania to auscultate the tortured souls who inhabit him.
At the center of the story, there is Robbie, a single father lost after the departure of his wife and the death of his brother, who decides to rob houses belonging to a local cartel. With sound crewhe grabbed the drug money and does not hesitate to shoot if necessary. After one of his descents turned into a bloodbath, the FBI orders the creation of a Task Forcea special team dedicated to hunting out of the mysterious gang, led by a depressed agent.
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No doubt, Task is a pure HBO criminal series. The kind of sticky thriller that we cannot get rid of. Not really spectacular, a little slow to the surrounds, but so fascinating in the end. The intrigue may be largely worn out, Englishby tells it with a dramatic force that now makes its style.
As for Mare of Easttownhis words go far beyond the simple police investigation: he paints a portrait of people abused by life, whether on one side or the other of the law. Each episode carefully explores trauma and pain. At the crossroads of a session with the shrink and a confession at the parish priest, Task Also talks about redemption with emotional power that resonates in each of us. All this is not very funny, but it is devilishly captivating. Because the investigation is not lacking in scathing twists and turns. Visually, psychologically, the series assumes a raw violence that fascinates.
And especially because the casting admirably makes justice to the words of the screenwriter. Headlining, Mark Ruffalo Slips into the shoes of an old disillusioned cop, far from Bruce Banner, ready to start his post-MUCU career.
But it is Tom Pelphrey which truly captures light. We had already had an overview of his talent in Ozark. Here, he bursts the screen, instilling in his character with a worn compassion and an absolutely stunning hardened tenderness. His exhausted and desperate performance overshadows everything else. Like Kate Winslet when she was Mare.
Task, mini-series in 7 episodes, to see every Monday in France on HBO Max.
