When Raymond Burr's Perry Mason returned in a series of star studded glossy television movies. They were enjoyable albeit cheesy.
This HBO adaptation has gone for a noirish origin story. Set in 1932, Matthew Rhys portrays Mason as a shady lowlife private investigator in LA. More Mike Hammer than ace attorney.
The first episode has frantic parents trying to retrieve their baby that has been kidnapped. The family are not even wealthy and the baby is found dead.
Perry Mason is bought into investigate the kidnapping by the wealthy elder of the church the parents attend. It might be that the parents could become suspects.
After Perry Mason got chased down by naked fat comic actor Chubby Carmichael. Who incidentally nearly caught him while Mason was getting away in a car. It rapidly went downhill. It was listless and I got bored.
Timothy Van Patten who directed many episodes of Boardwalk Empire has made this opener. The casting of Jefferson Mays reminded me of the down on his luck hard boiled detective drama, I am the Night from 2019.
This was unimaginative and future episodes really need to buck up.
This HBO adaptation has gone for a noirish origin story. Set in 1932, Matthew Rhys portrays Mason as a shady lowlife private investigator in LA. More Mike Hammer than ace attorney.
The first episode has frantic parents trying to retrieve their baby that has been kidnapped. The family are not even wealthy and the baby is found dead.
Perry Mason is bought into investigate the kidnapping by the wealthy elder of the church the parents attend. It might be that the parents could become suspects.
After Perry Mason got chased down by naked fat comic actor Chubby Carmichael. Who incidentally nearly caught him while Mason was getting away in a car. It rapidly went downhill. It was listless and I got bored.
Timothy Van Patten who directed many episodes of Boardwalk Empire has made this opener. The casting of Jefferson Mays reminded me of the down on his luck hard boiled detective drama, I am the Night from 2019.
This was unimaginative and future episodes really need to buck up.