Starr is intriguing, and the tone set by Tropper and Schickler hooks you immediately. Yes, it can often sound like a pulp setup bound to go sideways, but Banshee ends up being taut, entertaining and smart enough, and you won’t completely turn your brain off. He’s untouchable and knows it - but he doesn’t know Hood and his own brand of danger.
As sheriff, the cover gives him a place to hide out from Rabbit and his assassins as well as an opportunity to butt heads with Kai Proctor ( Ulrich Thomsen), a former Amish member and current kingpin who runs every- thing in Banshee that can turn a profit. PHOTOS: Tim Goodman’s 15 Best TV Comedies of 2012Ī couple of thug moves later, the new sheriff is dead, and that’s when Hood assumes his identity. Of course, it’s always a bit of a stretch when thrillers and crime stories go in for the elaborate, and in Banshee that happens when Hood’s in a small bar and meets the new sheriff of Banshee, who starts his first day after coming out from the Pacific Northwest. To track her, he goes to Job ( Hoon Lee), a transvestite hair salon owner by day but also a dangerous criminal who’s a com- puter hacker and expert at identity switches.īut once Hood lands in Banshee, he realizes that his old flame is now Carrie Hopewell ( Ivana Milicevic), a married mother of two using an assumed name and fitting in effort- lessly around the town.
It features New Zealander Antony Starr (the Australian TV series Rush) as Lucas Hood, who years ago worked with a secretive and vicious Ukrainian mobster named Rabbit ( Chariots of Fire’s Ben Cross) before doing something he probably shouldn’t have, hence the constant threats on his life.Īfter serving a 15-year stint in prison, Hood’s first priority is to track down a fellow thief and the love of his life, who’s now living in Banshee, Pa. In doing that, they didn’t depart too much from what Cinemax is finding to be a good formula: action, violence, sex and intrigue all wrapped up in better-than-expected writing that puts more intelligence than cliches into the process.īanshee certainly has the potential to bust out. Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler created the show and enlisted True Blood’s Alan Ball to help guide the project and Emmy-winning director Greg Yaitanes ( House) to set the mood and feel. PHOTOS: Tim Goodman’s 15 Best TV Dramas of 2012 11 comes Banshee, an hourlong show about a master thief-turned-con man and his post-prison attempt to steer clear of the gangsters he betrayed in the past. Just taking.'Mank' Star Tom Pelphrey on Saying One of Cinema's Most Famous Words He comes to him in the night, more often then not, never asking for permission. Rabbit has always had a fixation on Lucas Hood. Language: English Words: 1,737 Chapters: 1/? Comments: 1 Kudos: 6 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 345 They have one thing in common the only thing will stop Lucas or Jax is death. Lucas has to protect his secret life being the sheriff he assumed the id of. With the Sons getting killed outlaw justice must be served. Jax has to get it back or face the consequences. It goes wrong when they hit the Sons of Anarchy.
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